Revolution Stadium Groundbreaking "12-24 months" Part XVII

The article from the Globe:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07...s-life-sciences-advance-everett-stadium-plan/

Important thing to note is the stadium is not included in the House version of the bill. The paper reports that House leadership thinks it should be a separate bill.

 

What are the odds that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts leaves Robbie Krafty at the altar once again come Thursday?

 

Massachusetts State Senate approves an amendment that could lead the way to a @NERevolution soccer stadium in Everrett.

The language in an economic development bill reclassifies the land where the stadium would be built.

This is just one step in the process - but a big one.

— Bill Speros (@billsperos) July 11, 2024

Here is the wording of the amendment pic.twitter.com/g2qYjBwr98

— Bill Speros (@billsperos) July 11, 2024

 

The irony to me is that it's about 500 yards from where they were going to build in Somerville, with worse traffic conditions, and a more expensively contaminated site!

 

Proposed Everett soccer stadium for Revolution "going to happen this time around," mayor believes https://t.co/tbBrS1gaYQ#NERevs pic.twitter.com/DwmCwPu5jb

— Seth (@SethMan31) July 14, 2024

 

The latest from John Chesto:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/15/business/revolution-soccer-stadium-everett-boston-wu/

To summarize: Mayor Wu has powerful allies in the House and if the Krafts want this passed, they'd better play ball.

 

My guess is they will. You can't build a stadium without addressing how fans will get there. Kraft himself has said the key to his being able to buy the Patriots was to control the parking around the stadium. While we may question their accumen at running a soccer team, he and Jonathan are both sharp and know all the key pols and power brokers in town at this point.

 

When they appeared at the Committee hearing back in April, they said there would be no parking and people would get there by mass transit.
Ideas: The Krafts should offer to pay for a parking enforcement detail in Charlestown during game time and work with the MBTA to come up with a plan to encourage people to use mass transit. I suggest express trains to the stadium and free T passes for season ticket holders.

 

The Sullivan Square T-Station and maybe the surrounding roads will need a massive overhaul to accomodate this stadium. My guess is that the Krafts will be contributing financially to that effort.

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but according to the Everett Mayor's interview a couple posts back, there really isn't anything to talk about for arriving by car. You won't find a spot, even for rides hares. He focused on Orange Line, Silver Line expansion, and they are redesigning the new footbridge over the river to be wider. Basically, they don't want you arriving via car.

 

Yes, in theory, but look at Fenway. There will be many places that property owners will offer private parking. Another thing is, you can park in Boston and then take the orange line to Sullivan Sq. I'm confident they'll move now to build that footbridge over the Mystic River.

 

probably for the low price of 50 - 100 dollars

 

There's nothing stopping the city from preventing that. Though it's safe to assume the first few matches will be an absolute shitshow when it comes to traffic and parking.
All parties, though, have to find ways to make mass transit an attractive option. Which will be a challenge for a bunch of reasons.

 

What does demotrated mean?

 

It means people who go into politics for a living aren’t too bright

 

Leaving this area as uncleaned industrial waste definitely does more to support green energy initiatives than building a stadium.

Seriously the things these people say

 

Yeah, this could be a matter of political grandstanding, being opposed to giving taxpayer handouts to rich guys. And then eventually going along with the project after another "study."

But the point about transportation is legit. I can't see them not having any parking at all--what about people with disabilities who need to ride in a van? There are laws about that. I could see them having very limited parking, and it would make sense to have a drop-off area for ubers, taxis, etc. and have most of the fans using the T. But they have to make it easy for people, and the footbridge from the T station seems like it's a must-have.

 

I may be mistaken, but I am pretty sure the interview with the Everett mayor a few posts back explicitly stated that there would not be a drop off area for ride shares. They are trying to extend the silver line busses into Everett, so that and the Orange Line at Sullivan and Assembly via the currently under re-design footbridge to be constructed. For the most part, all the Garden event parking will be available when there aren't scheduling conflicts. The infrastructure has been in place for that for years.

I do think the first half season will be a bit of a cluster because people either ignore all the available info regarding how to get places or think the rules apply to everyone but themselves and will expect to magically find parking someplace it doesn't exist.

 

Yes, I remember them saying that there will be no drop off area, etc. but I just think it's a bad idea. Sure, the emphasis should be on mass transit, but to allow for some specific exceptions wouldn't be a bad idea.

 

I would guess they are looking to have them drop you off at the existing areas at Sullivan/Assembly rather than trying to force 1000 Ubers in front of the stadium.

 

Or, could Kraft be using Everett as bargaining leverage to get Boston to act on a site, just like he did with Hartford? I'd hate to think there's any truth in that.