Red Sox Exec Discusses Changes Coming To Fenway Park Next Season
The current Boston Red Sox ownership group has led the charge of successfully transforming Fenway Park over the years.
Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy revealed this week on MassLive's "Fenway Rundown" podcast that more changes are expected to come next season to the venerable ballpark, but there won't be any major overhauls.
"We're not adding new seats or capacity," Kennedy said, as transcribed by MassLive's Chris Cotillo. "But (there will be changes to) the creature comforts of Fenway in the different amenity areas, whether it's the Green Monster, upgraded concessions, the right field roof, or the new Aura Club. We're not going to be adding new capacity. We are looking at some upgraded video boards and equipment, but largely the main improvements or changes over the next decade I believe you will see are in and around Fenway in the neighborhood."
The Boston Planning and Development Agency already approved the $1.6 billion "Fenway Corners" project, which will bring eight new buildings along with "offices, storefronts, residential units, street upgrades, and new pedestrian and public space" around the ballpark, according to Front Office Sports.
No timeline has been revealed on when that project will be completed. Fenway currently has the third-lowest capacity among MLB teams at 37,755.
The Red Sox certainly want to get back to Fenway offering them an advantage on the field, something that surprisingly has been missing over the last few seasons. Boston went a combined 120-123, including a 38-43 mark this season, over the past three years at home.
"I think we've been playing on the road pretty well for the last few years. The other part we have to be better," Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters earlier this month "We talked about it last year. We talked about it in spring training. We got to find a way to win at home. That's the most important thing. You do that and then you play the way we play on the road, you add that, you're playing October baseball."