Overview
- Boston’s package totals nearly $48 million over 15 years, including $13 million in direct payments and a permanent ticket surcharge of $1 per soccer ticket and 1.5% of concert tickets, which officials estimate at roughly $34 million in the first 15 years.
- Everett’s deal includes $20 million for a four-acre waterfront park, $17.5 million for a new Assembly station headhouse to support a planned pedestrian bridge, and a $2.25-per-ticket fee over a 20-year term.
- Everett officials value their agreement at an estimated $91.7 million in community benefits, separate from the Kraft Group’s commitment to extensive environmental cleanup and demolition of the former power plant.
- The agreements, reached before a Dec. 31 deadline set by a 2024 state law, avert binding arbitration and clear the statutory requirement for community mitigation.
- The privately funded plan envisions a roughly 25,000-seat stadium and public waterfront access, with permitting expected to take 12–18 months and demolition and construction projected at about three to four years if approvals are granted.