The Kraft Group
The Kraft Group yesterday unveiled designs for a new waterfront stadium, offering the “first glimpses” of the Revolution’s proposed home on the Mystic River in Everett to “coincide with a public hearing on state legislation” that would enable the approximately $500M project to move forward, according to Jon Chesto of the BOSTON GLOBE. The two-hour hearing “drew mostly supporters,” though some speakers “expressed concerns -- mainly with traffic the project would generate.” The Kraft Group “aims to provide a more intimate experience” in a stadium more appropriate for soccer that would include seating “closer to the field than at Gillette Stadium” and an area behind one of the goals would be designed as standing-room only for “diehard fans.” Revolution President Brian Bilello said that he expects the stadium would “seat as many as 25,000 fans, though no final number has been established.” Bilello said that the stadium could “host 19 to 24 Revs games a year, as well as other sporting events, concerts, and community festivals.” He added that it is “too early to talk about an opening date.” Chesto noted that before any of that happens, the 43-acre site where the stadium would go “needs to be removed from what’s known as a designated port area.” Removing the project from the industrial port area is “just the first step, and it’s no sure thing that the Legislature will agree to do so before formal sessions end” on July 31 (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/2).
Proposed riverfront soccer stadium for Revolution
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