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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2813302, member: 1414"] I've lived in KC and it's very different. I could easily go to where the stadium is from my edge of suburbia apartment in Lenexa. It simply isn't true in Boston, which is now ranked dead last in traffic congestion. The other different factor is that KC had lots of old urban industrial/stockyard type sites that were ripe for development. Boston had a few...ten years ago, in South Boston. Now that's the hottest real estate around. And that location is one of the few that is off the subway and commuter rail lines, so wouldn't have been good anyway. The 20-30 acres of land they need would cost at least $50 million anywhere close to Boston proper. Foxborough already does the same things you are talking about. [URL="http://www.patriot-place.com/"]Patriot Place | Boston | Foxborough | Movie Theater | Restaurants[/URL] It has a Bass Pro Shop, shopping, a movie theater, lots of bars and nightlife, etc. They already play in the stadium that is there. There is even a train line from the city out to it. The stadium is just too big. For me it would be ideal, but I doubt Kraft will do it, since he already has a stadium there that they can play in for free. This is why I was trying to think outside the box. They are not the Boston Revolution. They are the New England Revolution, and draw heavily from RI already. Providence is like a smaller KC. It has some very nice things going for it, but also still has a ton of old industrial locations that can be inexpensively turned into something like what was built for Sporting. If Kraft can duplicate "Patriots Place" with a "Revolution Place" in Providence it would be a huge success. The population is a mix of Italians, Portuguese and recent immigrants from Latin America. It's a better soccer town than Boston is. [/QUOTE]

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