https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2023/02/02/major-league-soccers-most-valuable-clubs-2023-lafc-is-the-first-billion-dollar-franchise/?sh=3ed47cf75324

Yeah, not sure how often they'll have but I know they had one recently

I've worked in craft beer for over a decade, consumers don't actually like the option of choice. Humans are creatures of habit, we'll try new things but stick to what we know is safe and we'll like.

I am so sorry this happened to your family member and to you. Devastating.

No

We have been just lucky enough to be just far enough away from Boston - to have a more affordable real estate market

It is still is relatively better

Baseball makes piles of cash every year. Where do you think it comes from? Soccer doesn’t make shit in the US.

Same. I love RI so much. Never moving back to Chicago.

Sitting around 3 hours with barely any gameplay and singing god bless America between innings? Yeah that’s surely a recipe for success.

Take a look at MLB’s attendance numbers, now take a look at Paw Sox’s numbers. You think soccer is more popular than baseball? None of those places are RI and no one in New England, save a couple of hipster dipshits, cares about soccer or the 2026 World Cup.

Nah, just 69k for the Revs opener in Charlotte the other day. https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlotte-fc/article272605007.html

And definitely don’t look at what’s happening in St Louis https://fox2now.com/sports/stl-city-sc/sold-out-crowd-incredible-atmosphere-sparks-st-louis-city-sc-in-home-opener/amp/

Or Atlanta, Nashville, Minnesota, and even in New England, where the avg attendance is over 20k and they sold more season tickets for this season than ever before.

Pay no attention to the upcoming 2026 World Cup either.

This is the guy with the “I never leave Rhode Island” bumper sticker

This effort is misguided and has the potential to end up like other bad policies on this topic (see MAID in Canada where the current implementation will soon allow for those with mental illness alone to request their own death).

It’s understandable to want to reduce the suffering of loved ones. Hospice care is designed for people with terminal illness of 6mo or less and can greatly reduce suffering. If we want to improve the dignity of those dying, I’d suggest we make sure our hospice system is adequately funded and properly implemented to help those in need. One of the issues that comes up with MAID in Canada is that people are worried about cost of care at end of life. That should never be a concern for those that are dying.

Bullshit. People will get bored of it after a couple games. It’s a novelty, that’s it. Nobody cares about soccer in the US.

This could be big.

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They can pay for the stadium then.

Didn’t know that about Buttonwoods— that’s good to know!

Origin is one of my favorite breweries around. Really like their low ABV beers, and I think there’s room for more of em in the local market.

What about the 45 million dollar school they built that had faulty fire alarm equipment, then had a power outage because a worker struck something under ground with a machine, then the heating coils bursting TWICE and flooding the building forcing the kids to remote learn for almost a month with barely any notice to parents SCREW the soccer stadium

No proven demand? https://www.wpri.com/sports/rhode-island-fc-season-ticket-sales-break-record/amp/

No one wants it, except for the 3000+ folks who have put down season ticket deposits.

There’s no way it will be sitting empty in 5 years. I think they have already sold over 3000 season ticket deposits. And if the Revs move to Revere, there will be another large influx of people from southern New England who really just can’t get enough soccer action.

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Yeah I think that “we all collectively get by on very little” vs “I had a nice home and my dickhead landlord priced me out of it because everyone else was doing the same to their tenants” is a big motivating factor in “I turned to crime”

I have gone all the way before, despite the sign because it's public property up to 10' beyond the high tide line. Didn't notice the stone bench but I'll have to go back and see! Took some decent photos of the moon setting over the Towers from those rocks. Thanks for the comment 👍🏽