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...officer stopped two individuals who were cutting through Harvard property at the Stadium. Individuals were advised to go around property in the future...
...cameras focused on placards on the wall of the stadium: “We could handle the Cup, We will succeed with Peace...
MONTREAL—By July 16, 2001, Red Sox Nation’s invasion of Montreal was already two days old. Hours before the evening’s Olympic Stadium showdown, a French-Canadian tour guide was surrounded by a rowdy mob donning the traditional red-B headwear of the city’s transient majority. Initially the Expos employee concludes his tour with the customary “I hope you all enjoy the game tonight,” but then sensing the opportunity for last-second tips from the privileged throwing around their foreign currency like play money...
...least 20,000 Red Sox fans crossed the Canadian border to witness their team’s 8-5 victory over the Expos on July 15. Before the Sox came to town, Olympic Stadium was averaging just 8,172 fans per game. The Sunday afternoon contest drew 32,965, the Expos’ highest mark since opening day. When the first batter of the game, Red Sox second baseman Jose Offerman, steps to the plate, he receives a standing ovation from the crowd. A young wife cheering for the psuedo-home team turns to her husband and whispers...
Baseball franchises have risen from the dead before. The Braves and Indians eliminated league-low attendance levels in the ’80s thanks to new stadiums and television revenue streams in the ’90s. The concrete monolith known as Olympic Stadium is among the dying breed of domed arenas boasting a stuffy indoor atmosphere, an artificial surface and a retractable roof that could never retract. But when team owner Jeff Loria, a New York city art dealer, decided against renewing his lease on the land earmarked for the new Labatt Stadium and failed to negotiate any English...