Cue the neighborhood social media comments: could the Boston Celtics someday have a new home in South Boston? According to a The Boston Globe, leaders at the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority kicked around a scenario last fall that would place a brand-new basketball arena on land behind the Menino Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston.
Before anyone completely freaks out, this is very much in the “just talking about it” phase. The idea surfaced in internal emails after the Celtics’ recent ownership change, with one concept splitting the large parcel behind the convention center into two pieces: one for a potential arena and the other for a long-awaited convention center expansion.
The Globe reports that the hypothetical site would sit around Cypher and D streets and could even connect to the old Track 61 rail line, with plans for future transit options, including a people mover to move fans in and out.
For now, though, don’t expect the Celtics to pack up their parquet. Team leadership has shown no public interest in leaving TD Garden anytime soon, and the team’s lease there runs through 2036. Still, with that date on the horizon, speculation about a long-term home for the C’s continues to swirl, apparently including a few South Boston “what ifs.”
We’ll be watching this one closely. Because if there’s even a whisper of a major arena project in the neighborhood, you know the neighborhood will have thoughts. Remember back in the 1990s when the Krafts wanted to build a football stadium roughly in the same area and the whole neighborhood went nuts?
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…is there anybody left TO “completely freak out”? Would it even matter? They laugh at us TO OUR FACE, never mind behind closed doors while they’re planning this foolishness. Remember “I’m coming for you, Nick”? How about the “White problems” slur? I do. I remember. I remember how not ONE PERSON IN THAT ROOM spoke up. The fact that we’re talking about “this “ particular site being the possible…THEY STILL OWE US A MILLION DOLLARS, FA GAWDSAKE!!! And, again, not ONE OERSON IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD held them to that “memorandum of agreement “. Sure, let’s do business. That ALWAYS works out well for us. (Omg , I gotta run. I think I just had an “accident”. Thanks for the chuckle. I’ll look forward to not seeing this posted.)
I posted it and yes, there are still plenty of people left that will freak out if this is reality.
No thank you.
The Celtics need their own arena to remain viable. Certainly South Boston would embrace a team named the Celtics.it fits perfectly with the Hibernian nature of the neighborhood.Plus it supports Mayor Wu’s diversity goals. Think of all the jobs for Southie residents. Better public transportation! Maybe more parking for southie residents. Mayor Wu may lower Southie property taxes with more revenue from the stadium. This proposal is a Winner. Let’s all support it.
Koz is obviously a recent NYU graduate, who walks their Frenchie after dark and never picks up. Probably one of the climate “planners” who are all under 25, come from somewhere else, and likely to be somewhere else within 3-5 years. Parking started going away in the 90’s and it isn’t ever coming back. Public transportation began to collapse in the 80’s, when many women began wearing running shoes to speed walk home from the financial district, when there were actual jobs there. The only reason there is anything left of a South Boston neighborhood, is that there are still residents who don’t fall for the carpetbagger platitudes and false promises, know how to fight, and are willing to spend their own time doing it.
As Trump says, “BUILD BABY BUILD “. We need the work.
..you mean “you”, correct? What are ya thinking’, an usher maybe? Get a snazzy new sportscoat out of ‘em? Nice.
Are you the same “John” who was whining a while back about “3 more years of him in The White House” or words along those lines?
And now you’re quoting the guy??
Choose a lane…”John”.
of course the new owners would look into a new home.. who wants to be a tenant after paying billions for the team …
Can’t we all just love one another & get along? Neighborhood tribalism must end in favor of the greater good. The Unions need shovels in the ground. Wouldn’t it be great to walk to a Celtics game? If we remain optimistic the World will be a better place. Namaste !
…you can do with your “…Hibernian nature of the neighborhood “ and your “…neighborhood tribalism”…right?
Your concern for the “viability”!of a franchise who just won the championship and immediately after sold…for $6.1b… is absurd.
Cry me a river.