Rentschlerfield development update.

Not much new but I thought I would pass it along.

http://www.courant.com/community/ea...ntschler-update-0214-20120213,0,7254317.story

I am assuming this will further hinder tailgating near the stadium.

Further? How has it beem hindered to date?

I believe Cabelas took a big chunk of tailgating area. One would assume more development around the stadium would take up further chunks of tailgating real estate. No?

Unfortunately, this is not new. It was known when the Rent was built. I am just going to hate to see what I believe is one of the best tailgating areas in the country become Clinton Crossings.

Well, now that WVU is officially off our future schedules we can probably reduce the size of the RV lot and build another outlet store or two.

There is a lot of land there. I think it would be great and enhance the game day experience that may not want to tailgate after the game. Personally, I thought our stadium was a bit of an eyesore with so much nothing around it. It'll never be confused with an on campus stadium, but if you've been up to foxboro lately you have to like what Kraft did out there with the mall/movie theather/restaurants etc.

Kegs is never happening....especially after what happened at Yale a few months ago

As far as tailgating goes, this years set up us close to the final lot configuration. Access will be tweaked some for the final development but not much near the stadium. There will be.access near Augie and Rays/Wendy, but IMO it could get ugly near the Rte 2 on ramp.

As for tenets, I've only heard of interest from a few big box concerns. Nothing like the mixed use village that's been put out there, although that's what UTC wants. And don't buy this as a private project. UTC has put up.most.of.the.money but significant public dollars have been committed for the infrastructure improvements around the site.

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Didn't they open a new lot close to Silver lane?

Eventually, all game day parking will be north of the new access road. The gray lot near Cabelas is intended to be a hotel, although it could end up being a walking mall or other commercial space. There is concern about pedestrians crossing the finished road as it will be active during games.

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It worked so well with the Hartford Civic Center...