Mayor Wu, a major cheerleader for the project, has dug in her heels (perhaps in quicksand), saying the city is committed to paying for half the project, “no matter what it costs.”
Andrew Zimbalist
Posted inOpinion
A professional soccer stadium in Franklin Park is a bad deal for Boston
The plan to convert White Stadium in Boston’s Franklin Park into a stadium for a professional women’s soccer team, with the city committing $50 million toward the project, is bad financial deal for the city, a subsidy of $30 million or more for a for-profile sports enterprise at a time when municipal revenues are under stress.
Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Transportation
The inside story of No Boston Olympics
Two years ago Boston was in the midst of an epic showdown over whether to proceed with a bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. In January 2015, Boston was designated the US entry in the international sweepstakes, and the odds of the city landing the global spectacle seemed favorable, given that no US city […]