The New England Revolution's search for a new home was back in the news late Monday night with the Boston Globereporting that “planning is quietly underway” between the club and the city of Boston on a potential soccer-specific stadium just south of downtown.
Citing “numerous sources,” the Globe says that the two parties are discussing situating the new facility on a centrally located, city-owned parcel of land just along Interstate 93 near the Broadway T station, not far from the interstate's junction with I-90.
The land in question, currently home to a lot where towed cars are impounded and public works vehicles are stored, would be subject to lengthy oversight and bidding processes, and the cost and financing details remain uncertain, according to the report.
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In a statement, the Revolution said: “We are currently developing concepts for how a soccer stadium for the Revolution can benefit the greater Boston area. Once we have more developed plans, we will comment further.”
Revolution owner Jonathan Kraft last week said in a radio interview with 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston that the club “belongs in Boston or the immediate surrounding area.”
“It’s something we’ve been working on for a while,” Kraft said, “and we’ve come very close with a couple of situations over the past half dozen years and they didn’t happen. Because of that we’re just going to stay quiet until we have something.
“So hopefully we’ll be able to do it and then create the special atmosphere that exists in many other venues around the league.”
The Revs are enjoying a stellar 2014 season: They finished second in the MLS Eastern Conference and are set to visit the New York Red Bulls in the first leg of the Eastern Conference Championship on Sunday (1:30 pm ET, NBC).
