Sad news. I think a trip to McCoy is in order this summer.
http://ripr.org/post/pawsox-sold-gro...23mobile/46972
Sad news. I think a trip to McCoy is in order this summer.
http://ripr.org/post/pawsox-sold-gro...23mobile/46972
Didn't Pawtucket just renew their contract? I've really enjoyed going to that park over the years, too bad they're moving to Providence.
Providence has never figured out what to do with that waterfront. Luckily for Pawtucket, it'll take years of working woth the corrupt RI government to get anything done.
privately funded, so minimal palm greasing is needed, plus buddy aint mayor anymore.
I wonder how strong the deal with the City of Pawtucket is? Can they move before 2021 without owing a bunch in penalties?
And why move them 10 miles south to Providence?
McCoy is a nice venue and is adequate in every way.
Dumb.
Privately funded doesn't mean they'll be able to throw up a new stadium wherever they please. RI is tremendously slow to do anything of value.
Clearly it's money and stadium - PawSox don't own McCoy - they'd own the new place, I think it's probably that simple.
Well, the Sox (aside from Lucchino) do not own the team, they do have an agreement with them to provide players. I am sure those agreements include some standard share of stuff. If the Sox had a big issue, they could easily switch to another franchise when the affiliation agreement ends.
That said, I think this move is just the new owners wanting to make the franchise more valuable by owning the stadium and all related revenue.
Well the headlines have been very misleading because I have seen things like "Red Sox purchase minority ownership of Pawsox" in many places. Even on TV, lol.
In any case, I don't see anyone spending the kind of money it will take in land, infrastructure, and construction costs just to be able to say that they own the stadium.
Not with the ROI that the Pawsox provide.
But you never know. Stupid decisions are made a lot.