Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates millions in state funding for a possible Revolution stadium to be built on the Everett waterfront in Massachusetts.

Highlights:

• Appropriates $2.44 million in state funding for a possible Revolution stadium to be built on the Everett waterfront in Massachusetts (Sec. 2-77).

• Repeals a specific zoning designation known as a “Designated Port Area” (DPA) that currently prevents any non-industrial usage of the area which includes the 43-acre parcel of land the team is interested in (Sec. 80-112).

• Specifies DPA’s protect land and water areas with certain physical and operational features that have been reserved by the state for maritime-industrial uses from being developed for other uses including a possible stadium (Sec. 114-124).

• Specifies that removal of the DPA is finite, and if the team fails to build the stadium within a “reasonable time” following the act’s passage, the bill will be voided and the area will be reclassified as a DPA again (Sec. 127).

• Establishes that the provisions of this bill shall apply retroactively beginning January 1, 2024 (Sec 174).

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