The Emerald Necklace Conservancy and 15 citizens from Boston and Brookline filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Civil Court to stop a proposal to renovate White Stadium in Franklin Park a plan they say is an “unconstitutional privatization of public land.” The deal would transfer the stadium to a for-profit investment group, Boston Unity Soccer Partners.
When the Reggie Lewis Center was built officials said there was an understanding that it would benefit the community of Boston first. But practice times for BPS student athletes has evaporated as demand for meet times by suburban schools has increased as participation in track has tripled with no accompanying growth in facilities statewide.