Report: Polar Park will run $40-60M deficit for Worcester city government
An academic paper from the College of the Holy Cross and Kennesaw State University, written to show the flaws of using a pro forma model to economically justify the building of government-owned sports stadiums in the future, has used the $160-million Polar Park in Worcester as one of two examples of the model’s problems, saying the ballpark will saddle the city government with fiscal deficits between $40 and $60 million.