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White Stadium

White Stadium, formally the George R. White Memorial Stadium, is a 10,519-seat stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, that was constructed between 1947 and 1949 for the use of Boston Public Schools athletics. It is located in Franklin Park. The stadium is planned to be renovated into a 11,000-seat soccer venue for Boston Legacy FC of the National Women's Soccer League.

Financed by the George Robert White fund, the cost was originally estimated to be between $350,000 to $450,000. However, the final amount ballooned to $1,000,000 (equivalent to $14,000,000 in 2025), a figure that city clerk and former acting mayor John Hynes blamed on Mayor James Michael Curley.

On October 1, 1949, after twice being postponed due to weather, the opening football games were these:

In 1970, a proposal was made to enlarge the stadium to 50,000 seats for a potential home for the New England Patriots. By the 1980s, White Stadium had deteriorated as maintenance was neglected and improvements were deferred. The scoreboard had been rendered unusable due to vandalism and the locker rooms lacked working showers and toilets.

A $45 million renovation and expansion was planned, starting in 2013. The project was shelved by Mayor Marty Walsh, citing budget concerns.

In 2023, the city of Boston announced that the stadium would undergo a $30 million renovation to prepare for the arrival of Boston Legacy FC, set to start play in the National Women's Soccer League in 2026. The renovation would include additional seats to bring capacity to 11,000 in order to meet the league's minimum standards. The renovation would be a public-private partnership. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has been a proponent of the renovation.

Some neighborhood organizations and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy have opposed the renovation, and the latter has filed litigation against it.

Demolition work for the project was completed by mid-2025.

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