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Before the stadium can begin to go up, the site must be studied and cleaned, and a steam plant and offices must be moved...
HARTFORD, Conn.--Pollution and other problems with the proposed site for a football stadium are casting doubt on the plan that the New England Patriots will start playing in Hartford...
...team and the state estimate it will take 26 months to build the stadium. For the Patriots to play their first exhibition game in Hartford in July 2001, construction must start...
Kraft, like so many other franchise owners in all of the major sports, felt the state owed him a living. He demanded, and eventually received from Connecticut, a publicly financed stadium, a raft of tax breaks and numerous financial guarantees. Were it not for the strong opposition of House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran (D-Mattapan), the state likely would have given in to Kraft's demands...
...entice the Patriots to Hartford, which only two years ago lost its NHL franchise, Gov. John G. Rowland had to commit $1 billion to a new convention center and stadium on its dilapidated waterfront. Meanwhile, the city--one of the nation's poorest--struggles to fund its schools. Hartford is not the only city with such skewed priorities. A new stadium is not a panacea for urban renewal. With so many more pressing needs, it is a wonder that cities continue to pay the ransoms demanded by team owners...