Hurdles remain to keep the team in Pawtucket
The path to a new ballpark for the Pawtucket Red Sox has been long, complicated, and encountered numerous roadblocks.
After the 2017 season, news about the ballpark took over. Rhode Island lawmakers held 10 public hearings in a little more than a month about financing legislation for a replacement for McCoy Stadium that would keep the team in Pawtucket. As the process got underway, there was hope that a clear direction regarding the long-term future of the PawSox would be established.
“The motivation for everyone who has been actively involved in the negotiations and discussions has been to give Rhode Island the first and best chance to make this work going forward,” PawSox chairman Larry Lucchino said.
The hearing process entailed roughly 40 hours of testimony between the Rhode Island Senate and House Finance Committees and the Pawtucket City Council.
An overwhelming majority threw their support behind the $83 million proposal for the PawSox to relocate to a mostly vacant department store site that sits less than a mile from McCoy Stadium.
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