The state Senate will vote on a $2.8 billion economic development bill on Thursday which includes plans to transform a 43-acre parcel in Everett into a stadium for the New England Revolution.
A separate bill passed by the House in June — H.4804 — didn’t include plans for the stadium. If passed by the Senate, the measure will have to be hashed out in a conference committee.
The 43-acre parcel, located at 173 Alford St., is considered a part of the Mystic River designated port area. The DPA designation would have to be removed for the stadium project to move forward. Even with the removal of DPA designation, the proposal would still undergo state environment reviews.
The project also includes a four-acre waterfront park.
The bill stipulates that if the stadium and waterfront park are not permitted and constructed within five years, the port area designation would be restored.
In an April hearing, Revolution President Brian Bilello testified before a State House committee that the Kraft Group had signed agreements with trade union Unite Here and the Teamster to build the project.
Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria said during the April hearing that it would cost around $100 million to clean the site, and touted the economic and environmental benefits of building the stadium.
“There’s no other industry that’s going to come here and spend that money to clean that up,” DeMaria said in April.
Sen. Sal DiDomenico of Everett told the State House News that “signing this bill will allow the public process to move forward on a project that will be an economic catalyst and environmental win for my constituents. This will open up the possibility for hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment, cleanup of a hazardous waste site, create good paying jobs and open our waterfront for the public to enjoy.”
The Revolution have played in Gillette Stadium since 2001. Before that, the team played in the now-demolished Foxboro Stadium from its 1996 inception until 2001.