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While the opening of Polar Park was well documented by the local media over the last several weeks, I want to take a moment to share some of my own reflections.
While the opening of Polar Park was well documented by the local media over the last several weeks, I want to take a moment to share some of my own reflections.
By Grant Welker
The Worcester City Council has signed off on a new oversight board for Polar Park after a long struggle between the council and the city administration over exactly how the city-owned $160-million baseball stadium should be managed.
The council approved the new board on Tuesday, exactly two weeks before Polar Park opens for its first Worcester Red Sox game. The body is envisioned by City Manager Edward Augustus, who will appoint its members, as a group of people who would decide on relatively minor matters such as use by other entities or financial updates.
Big-ticket items such as stadium repairs would still go before the City Council. But councilors expressed concern until Tuesday in giving up oversight power of the $160-million ballpark to a board of volunteers whose actions they d be unable to control or influence. Councilor Donna Colorio asked, for example, about potentially removing members who go rogue.
WORCESTER The City Council Tuesday approved the creation of a Ballpark Commission to oversee the general operation of Polar Park.
As with previous council discussions about creation of the commission, it wasn t without debate, and it wasn t without another attempt to send it back to City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. for further revisions.
The city manager had intended to have the commission in place ahead of the scheduled May 11 opening day at the city-owned minor league baseball stadium in the Canal District that will serve as the home of the top minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.