November 13, 2002

BoSox get Yawkey Way discount

Even without a new stadium, the city of Boston is subsidizing the Red Sox with below-market rents for their new shopping concourse on Yawkey Way, according to the Boston Herald. The team's rent payments of $900 a game for the 22,000-square-foot street - previously occupied by licensed street vendors, who were evicted to make way for the expanded Sox concourse - are just 10% of the going rate per foot at local flea markets, according to the Herald. The city is currently considering granting a permanent easement to the ballclub to use the street on game days, angering many local residents.