After spending its entire MLS tenure at Gillette Stadium, the New England Revolution are actively looking for a more suitable home, and they may have found a location.
Revolution owner Robert Kraft and the team are in talks with the University of Massachusetts over a plot of land currently owned by university in Dorchester. The former Bayside Expo Center, the site being discussed, is roughly 22 miles northeast of Gillette Stadium. (REPORT)
LA Galaxy defender Robbie Rogers is expected to miss six weeks after successfully undergoing ankle surgery. Rogers has made 12 appearances, including 10 starts this season. (REPORT)
Shea Salinas has signed a new contract with the San Jose Earthquakes. The 29-year-old joined the Earthquakes in 2012, and has scored 12 goals and notched 39 assists in that span. (REPORT)
Canadian international David Edgar will reportedly train with the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday, after attending the team’s 1-0 loss to Toronto FC at the Canadian Championship final on Tuesday night. (REPORT)
It means it’s June. The Kraft’s trot out the same bullshit every year without ever making any actual progress towards getting the Revs a real stadium.
That location would be fantastic, so I’d be ecstatic if they are actually actively pursuing it this time. But I remain skeptical.
Your desire to assign blame to the Kraft family is misplaced. There has been too much NIMBYism in the Boston area for DECADES. It took DECADES to replace the old Boston Garden. It took DECADES to get the approval for the Big Dig and it took nearly a decade to complete it.
The rotary near Bayside Expo is notoriously bad. Any stadium project must fix it or it is destined to fail. IMO this location is a half-full/half-empty site. One one hand, it is near the JFK/UMass stop on the Red Line and is also close to 93. On the other hand, parking will be limited which could limit the number of suburban fans going to games.
Foxboro is far from ideal, but if you go early to Patriots Place and you can park there for free and get a meal or go shopping before the match. Route 1 traffic is bad, but so much better than it was before the state made improvements to Rt. 1 when Gillette replaced Foxboro Stadium.
That is only 5 miles from the airport. That would be fantastic. Good luck Revolution fans.
Don’t know much about Boston neighborhoods, but that has to be a huge step up from Foxborough.
Does this mean they’re going to change to the Boston Revolution?