[Sheba2011]

Quote: Originally Posted by Darkwolf90

Boston and New York aren't the only cities to do this. San Francisco wouldn't make a deal with the 49ers ether, which is why Levi's Stadium is in Santa Clara and not San Francisco. The 49ers didn't want to build it's new stadium in a different city.

The funny thing with Boston is Robert Kraft was going to build the stadium with 100% private funds (which he did in Foxboro) it would have cost the city next to nothing to build it. He was also proposing a mega plex which would host a new Fenway Park and retail/dining experience similar to what the Patriots have no with Patriot Place. It would have been a huge boon to the local economy. The convention center they built is in the midst of a $1 billion taxpayer funded renovation.