Revolution Stadium Groundbreaking "12-24 months" Part X

Ten-pin? It'll never fly in New England.

 

Ah, ya, right. I'm old, so that means as a kid the only ten-pin lanes I knew of were in Quincy. Now I see that every candle-pin place that renovates, also installs some ten pin lanes. I also believe that the new Kings, in Dedham, is strictly ten-pin.

 

The Revs are a club I've thus far grudgingly supported. I've been obsessed by the idea of them moving for years, but as time goes on, I've stopped thinking it would be all that useful. The following is mostly about my relationship with the club, but it's relevant to how I feel about the SSS.

I should have been an easy catch. I latched on to soccer really quickly after I was introduced to it. But I grew up several hours' drive from Foxboro. The anchor that the Revolution could have been wasn't. I didn't like basketball/football/baseball/hockey much, but all of them had reach. I already loved soccer, but the simple fact that the Revs existed wasn't going to make me a die-hard.

The job the Revs do in representing New England and being part of the region didn't help in the least. It's to be expected that Metro Boston franchises will be Boston-oriented, but at best, five states seem like they haven't figured on the New England Revolution's radar for 18 years. I was lucky enough to live in Western Mass - we got a few Open Cup games. Their outreach in my area seemed otherwise limited to youth soccer clubs, and the only games I was ever able to watch on television were deep into the playoffs. They seem to be operating under the impression that cashing in on the trappings of identity can replace actually having one. That this case involves trading in on the modern roots of an entire country bothers me even more. The Patriots at least transcend their packaging.

I'm in the process of writing what it is I feel the stadium project is. 'Tis a work in progress.

 

I guess the answer to that would be to have a downsize plan like a lot of the other recent olympic stadiums.

Fun fact: Anchorage was our country's best bid for the winter olympics for many years until we got our corruption right for SLC.

 

http://www.courant.com/news/connect...rtford-patriots-0317-20140316,0,5624041.story

Savvy businessman!

 

Put Mitt Romney on the case and you get things done

 

The corruption got the bid, the removal of it allowed for the necessary stepthe games to take place so soon after 9/11.

The Revs are already established in Boston. Twice as many people there closely follow or somewhat follow MLS (15%) compared to those who live in Providence (7.5%).

I say both sides should feel content and promotions are in order.

 

15% of Bostonians closely follow MLS? I don't believe that for a second.

 

Of course they do. http://www.bostonmls.com/

 

Can we put Mitt in charge of building a new stadium?

MRIASB.

 

Sure, as long as there is an elevator for VIPs' cars and an extra practice field only for dressage. We wouldn't want the players ruining their new adidas boots if they stepped in something unseemly.

 

$230 Million Mitt seems to get things done, while $2.9 Billion Bob is still, well, you know, measuring.

 

revs new stadium will look similar to this

 

Haha are you from Holliston? That was my home field!

 

nah, just googled HS soccer field and that popped up. Although mine did look similar until they built a new HS with a new multipurpose stadium with turf

 

I was thinking the same thing. I played Holliston inn HS and that looks very familiar haha.

 

If it looks like Holliston, that's because it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holliston_High_School.jpg

 

Throw up a modular stadium around that bad boy, and I'm down.

 

Best artificial surface? Isn't that like saying Zirconium is the best artificial diamond?

 

Or Naugahyde is the best leather.

 

both will fool Mr Magoo into thinking it's the real thing

 

If the Krafts were to own it, would they allow the Revs to put up signs and such so that people visiting the stadium might think it's actually the home of the Revolution, rather than barely acknowledged guests at the house of somebody far more important?

If so, I'm game.

 

Hillers or GTFO. 2002 Tri-Valley League Champs!