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Worcester and Providence are suburbs of Boston. They watch the Boston TV channels and commute (or work remotely) to Boston (or the close in suburbs) for employment.
 
Palatine said:
Worcester and Providence are suburbs of Boston. They watch the Boston TV channels and commute (or work remotely) to Boston (or the close in suburbs) for employment.
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Worcester may watch the Boston TV stations but that is not the case for Providence. It actually has more more tv stations than Hartford.
 
Palatine said:
Worcester and Providence are suburbs of Boston. They watch the Boston TV channels and commute (or work remotely) to Boston (or the close in suburbs) for employment.
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Worcester definitely. Definitely not Providence. I live around here and Providence is its own market. They don’t consider themselves part of Boston. They have all of their own Providence based TV stations (CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox). They don't watch Boston TV stations. Not many people commute to Boston or its near suburbs (just Franklin/Foxborough area probably) from Providence. I'm dealing right now with a Providence based tenant who is moving to Boston and they consider this a huge move and most employees who stay with the company are moving closer to Boston.
 
HooperScooper said:
I agree. Somewhere between the DCU Center and the TD Garden but much closer to the DCU Center. I'll be interested to see what they can get.
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Only time Hartford has a large crowd is the number of times MBB and WBB play in Hartford. That is 16 games? The rest of the time Hartford is a ghost town. Curious to see what some company is willing to pay for 16 times a year.
 
HooperScooper said:
Worcester definitely. Definitely not Providence. I live around here and Providence is its own market. They don’t consider themselves part of Boston. They have all of their own Providence based TV stations (CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox). They don't watch Boston TV stations. Not many people commute to Boston or its near suburbs (just Franklin/Foxborough area probably) from Providence. I'm dealing right now with a Providence based tenant who is moving to Boston and they consider this a huge move and most employees who stay with the company are moving closer to Boston.
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Hartford “Up and Coming City”. Only needs another century.
 
I have no update here but how are we almost at Memorial Day weekend with no new name? I would assume the details need to be finalized by August to be ready for basketball and hockey season?
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
I have no update here but how are we almost at Memorial Day weekend with no new name? I would assume the details need to be finalized by August to be ready for basketball and hockey season?
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Waquoit said:
Three titles in a row in that building, good timing for a renewal.
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Wait, they held the final four in Hartford? How did I miss that?
 
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I will look back fondly at the XL era. 5 Final Fours. 4 National Championships. It even hosted a conference championship tournament.
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Turns out there's 5. How could I forget the AAC tournament? Quite easily, actually. And 3 America East championships.
 
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HooperScooper said:
I agree. Somewhere between the DCU Center and the TD Garden but much closer to the DCU Center. I'll be interested to see what they can get.
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I always thought it was strange that a bank with Toronto in its name own the naming rights to a Boston arena. ( TD- Toronto Dominion)
 
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Stanley Black & Decker is one of largest employers in the state. Let’s hit them up. Call it The Stanley.
 
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zls44 said:
They bought Fleet (if you go far enough back w the mergers)
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Mergers indeed, but it was Bank of America which acquired/took over FleetBoston around 2004. Separately, Toronto Dominion bought Banknorth about the same time.

During the new Garden’s construction, Shawmut National Bank bought the Shawmut Center’s naming rights. Before it actually opened as the Fleet Center, FleetBoston acquired Shawmut.

Subsequently after BofA bought FleetBoston, the former paid the building owner to end the naming rights period early (circa mid-2000s). That’s when TD Banknorth acquired the naming rights of TD Banknorth Garden, before shortening a few years later to just TD Garden to appease Boston fans and customers.
 
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