It’s a necessary step to redevelop the 43-acre property across Route 99 from the Encore Boston Harbor casino into a stadium. The stadium legislation, included in the Senate version of a supplemental budget bill that will now be decided by a conference committee, would remove the proposed Revs site in Everett from a Designated Port Area, a zone essentially limited to industrial uses. The details of a community benefits agreement that Everett officials and the Krafts reached to advance the stadium project also caught some in the House by surprise late Wednesday night, complicating discussions as legislative leaders were scrambling to reach an agreement on the wider spending bill, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.
“The siting and orientation of the parcel seems to plan for most visitors coming from transit and transportation access points in Charlestown, which means the foot traffic and congestion impacts would fall most heavily on Boston.” “It’s unusual that a project of this scale and impact on City of Boston land would be proposed without any outreach or conversation with the City,” Wu spokesperson Ricardo Patrón said.