Youth soccer season is almost upon us — and there’s still time to sign your kid up. JP Children’s Soccer This is an introductory soccer league is for children 3.5 to 6.5 being played at Pinebank Field by Jamaica Pond. This is a one-day a week league, with practices lasting between 45-60 minutes available on Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday. Coaches are wanted and coaches get free registration with the COACHJP code. Registration is open, and…
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Whether you like it or not, there will be a new White Stadium in Franklin Park — so it’s important to understand the benefits the city will enjoy thanks to the new stadium. Yes, White Stadium is costing a lot more than originally thought ($325 million total), and the city footing $135 million of the cost. According to Mayor Michelle Wu, that $135 million is protected by guaranteed maximum pricing contracts. The new White Stadium…
The city provided an update about the cost of White Stadium, saying the cost for the, pretty much, all-new stadium is now $325 million, with $135 million of that to be paid by the city. The Boston Legacy FC women’s soccer team will pay the rest. The cost had originally been $80 million total for the project, but as time has gone on there have been tariffs, a rise in steel prices and inflation. Boston…
The Northeastern Figure Skating Club is performing a free live show at Kelly Rink on Feb. 7 from 1:15-2 pm.
The Boston Parks and Rec Department has received numerous emails about people breaking into the Murphy Playground field construction site to let their dogs run on the newly-sodded field. Aside the fact that the field is not open to the public, so no one should be on the field at all — dogs are not allowed on any Boston Parks playing fields, and that includes the Murphy Playground’s field.
The city and the Boston Legacy FC women’s professional soccer team don’t have all the answers yet for how the transportation plan will work for fans to get to White Stadium. But that’s okay, because they’ve got until 2027 to figure it out, as Legacy is starting its inaugural season in the National Women’s Soccer League in 2026, at Gillette Stadium.