*official 2007 red sox thread*

[sylar]

i am familiar with the situation, but it wasn't my question.

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less than 5% chance new fenway would be where new fenway is.

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[sublime]

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i am familiar with the situation, but it wasn't my question.

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i answered your question

[sublime]

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less than 5% chance new fenway would be where new fenway is.

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err typo

[sylar]

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i am familiar with the situation, but it wasn't my question.

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i answered your question

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where would you put the team?

[kidcolin]

sylar,

Sublime's right. Location isn't really the problem. It's politics. People are in love with that ballpark and don't want to see it go. I'm pretty sure back when talks were heavy about a new ballpark, some plans included keeping the same location and having a little "Fenway Museum" type thing be part of the lobby to the new ballpark. But they decided to cram more seats in instead.

I don't know why thoughts of Worcester, Providence, or Foxboro come to mind. Even if you couldn't put a new ballpark in Kenmore Sq., there's still room in Boston, even if you have to get out of the Back Bay. There's like, a 0.01% chance the team wouldn't play in Boston (or at the very least, Boston/Cambridge/Somerville.. somewhere with T access).

[sublime]

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i am familiar with the situation, but it wasn't my question.

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i answered your question

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where would you put the team?

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where they are now?

if a new stadium goes up it will most likely be on the south boston waterfront....which creates problems, mostly because southie carries a lot of political weight and the old donkeys over there dont want their town to become a thoroughfare.

[sylar]

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sylar,

Sublime's right. Location isn't really the problem. It's politics. People are in love with that ballpark and don't want to see it go. I'm pretty sure back when talks were heavy about a new ballpark, some plans included keeping the same location and having a little "Fenway Museum" type thing be part of the lobby to the new ballpark. But they decided to cram more seats in instead.

I don't know why thoughts of Worcester, Providence, or Foxboro come to mind. Even if you couldn't put a new ballpark in Kenmore Sq., there's still room in Boston, even if you have to get out of the Back Bay. There's like, a 0.01% chance the team wouldn't play in Boston (or at the very least, Boston/Cambridge/Somerville.. somewhere with T access).

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ok, let me rephrase for sublime, if it were upto YOU, where would YOU put the team?

this isn't my hometown, but i don't know that many sites where you could put another stadium in boston. perhaps you do. somerville has T access now???

[kidcolin]

Somerville is on the Red Line (Davis Sq), and I think they're whining about getting Green Line access (besides the Lechmere stop which is sorta close to a boring part of Somerville).

I dunno where I'd want it. Kenmore would be cool just because it's fun seeing all the hulabaloo on game days out there, but it's obviously space constrained (I'm sure wherever they put a new one, they want parking, because they must lose a ton on that now). Southie has space. Dorchester could probably work. They could figure out something.

[sublime]

i would put the team in the burbs ala the pats. i dont give a rats ass if they are in the actual city of boston. what i care about is having a seat that actually faces the plate, having a comfortable seat, have a park that can accessed easily, affordable parking etc.....

most of all, having enough seats so it doesnt cost a days work to see a game AND having enough revenue from tickets to even the playing field w the MFY;s.