PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — A study has found one of the proposed sites for the new Pawtucket Red Sox stadium will bring in $34 million more in state and city taxes than the other site.
Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien says the numbers point to the Apex site “being superior” to Tidewater. Apex is a former department store near downtown, while Tidewater is located in a wooded area along the Seekonk River.
The baseball team and the city had jointly hired a national firm for the study comparing the impact of developing two different sites.
The study did not show which benefits would be generated above what’s being generated at McCoy Stadium, the baseball team’s current home.
Team owners say they plan to stay at McCoy until their lease ends in 2021.
See the study and listen to Mayor Grebien’s conversation with Matt Allen below:
