How do people feel about the state basically investing 12 million in a facility (McCoy in 1999) for a private concern only to see it have a life less than 20 years? Did taxpayers get the shaft?
What should the state do to help with a possible move? Should it contribute to the stadium or add infrastructure around it?
If the state helps facilitate the move, what will it then do to help Pawtucket which will then be saddled with a 10,000 seat unused baseball stadium?
How do people feel about siting a stadium on the Route 195 land? Wasn't this land supposed to be for a knowledge district creating high paying new jobs? There would be no new jobs for RI as they would just relocate 5 miles. Most of these jobs are not high paying and are seasonal. Is it the best use for this land to build a stadium used just five months a year? Would it not be better to have full time year round high paying R&D jobs located on this land?
What does this mean for the PawSox experience? It has always been no frills low cost family fun. If the new owners just shelled out 20m to buy the team and plan to spend multiples of that for a new stadium (estimated at 40-60m), how could they continue to keep prices down? How will longtime fans react to paying for parking and fighting traffic near rush hour to go to games downtown? Has the PawSox experience that we all have known now dead?