Revolution Stadium Groundbreaking "12-24 months" Part XV

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  1. A Casual Fan

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    Mar 22, 2000
    Except that the last thing they want is to actually explicitly say is that the reports of actual progress on the stadium are wrong. That in of itself would essentially ruin the narrative they have indirectly pushed and that they have allowed to meander along for n years now.

    It will be interesting to see how this gets handled.
     
  2. patfan1

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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
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    Probably the normal way. Won't say anything.
     
  3. RevsLiverpool

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    Nov 12, 2005
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    I hate Mas for starting this thing :mad: the rise and fall of hope is painful. Of course if we consider the source this guy thinks Freedom Park in Miami will happen... pipe dreams all around

    Die rumor, die, no mas. Move along now..:whistling:
     
  4. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
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    Like I’ve said, the day the Revs play a home league game in a place other than Gillette is the day the Patriots open their new stadium when Gillette is deemed obsolete.
     
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  5. rkupp

    rkupp Member+

    Jan 3, 2001
    OTOH, Cambridge and Somerville are also both close to the Garden.

    Mas didn't say the site was in Boston.
     
  6. Webstar

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    Aug 24, 2004
    Boston
  7. NFLPatriot

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    Jun 25, 2002
    Foxboro, MA
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  8. Revs In First :)

    Aug 15, 2001
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    I caught the tail end of Zolak and Bertrand today and apparently Jonathan Kraft was on today talking Revs. I'm listening to a stream of it now to see what he may have said.
     
  9. Revs In First :)

    Aug 15, 2001
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    Guess I could have just read the article above....
     
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  10. MM66

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    Mar 9, 2009
    Brookline, MA
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    I got an upgrade to the club seats a few years back. It was terrible. Great for people who barely want to be there, I suppose.

    Best seats ever were front row balcony at the old Garden. Got them at center ice for a Beanpot and it felt like you could reach out and touch the players. The balcony seats at Matthews Arena (Northeastern) are also pretty awesome.
     
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  11. patfan1

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    Aug 19, 1999
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    I did laugh at Kraft finally admitting that. And it basically is because they noticed how well Atlanta actually did it.
     
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  12. rkupp

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    Jan 3, 2001
    The old arenas and stadiums were built much more vertically than they are now.
    Those balcony seats were gold, but they are pretty much gone and not coming back.
     
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  13. dncm

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    Apr 22, 2003
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    Re-reading that quote, I was really irritated by that admission.

    I would love a follow-up to ask him WHAT would they have done differently.

    The only positive I can think of it is that because of all these admissions, WHENEVER they get a new stadium, it better blow every other stadium out of the water.
     
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  14. TOAzer

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    The Man With No Club
    May 29, 2016
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    That stadium they build, in that future time they build, will be the pride of the 22nd Century.
     
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  15. dncm

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    Apr 22, 2003
    Boston
    :ROFLMAO:
     
  16. Argyle

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    Jan 31, 2002
    Plymouth, MA
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    Fewer seats in the lower bowl with the stadium angled so grass can grow?
     
  17. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
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    Jonathan Kraft was an "almost investor" in the Israel-based dot-com start-up I worked for in 1999. I had so many stock options that if that stock had reached $5, I would have been able to single-handedly buy the Revs and build a new stadium myself! But it didn't quite work out that way....

    Anyway, this was around the time they had decided to build the stadium in Foxboro, not Southie or Hartford. I asked him if there were design elements that they'd consider so it wouldn't look just like Giants Stadium with cupholders and a nicer scoreboard. I mentioned Sampdoria's stadium in Genoa, a larger version of that, which would be very unique and offer great sightlines and have the fans right up on top of the action, like Denver's Mile High, which at the time was a huge home field advantage.

    He seemed somewhat taken off guard by the idea, but mentioned he had been to the Amsterdamn Arena, (which is basically a US-style stadium), and talked about nice the Redskins place was. Sigh.
     
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  18. TOAzer

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    The Man With No Club
    May 29, 2016
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    Apparently, 19 years later, he still is taken off guard by the idea.....
     
  19. RevsLiverpool

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    Nov 12, 2005
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  20. Minutemanii

    Minutemanii Member+

    Dec 29, 2005
    Abington MA
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    I like the idiot who said "soccer is played during the week" (not on Sundays). SMH
     
  21. Bruce S

    Bruce S Member+

    Sep 10, 1999
    same shite, different day
     
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  22. NFLPatriot

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    Jun 25, 2002
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  23. ToMhIlL

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    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
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    Someone commented that it was a pretty safe bet because they were further along than we were at that point, and were in a more desperate situation than we were. Imagine if the Patriots moved to Hartford, Gillette never got built and we continued to play in the old stadium. At some point, there would be a real need for us to get our own place, like DC in RFK.

    But here we are, and DC has played their first game in Audi Field and we are no closer to having a new stadium than we were in 2006.
     
  24. rkupp

    rkupp Member+

    Jan 3, 2001
    Of course, someone said the same about Miami and ... ;)
     

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