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Save Fenway Park! is a non-profit, all volunteer organization,for people who love historic Fenway Park and seek to ensure that it is around for future generations to enjoy. We welcome new members, volunteers and donations to assist our efforts!

A renovated Fenway Park -- on its current site -- is better for fans (better seats), the neighborhood (no land takings), and the taxpayers (hundreds of millions of dollars cheaper) than the new stadium proposed by Sox executives.

ESPN.com series on FENWAY PARK!

We strongly encourage all fans of baseball, and Fenway Park in particular, to check out the recent series of articles at ESPN.com. It's great to see coverage from intelligent, non-partisan sports experts, who are not compromised by their financial relationship with the Red Sox! Please give them your feedback on the articles and the future of Fenway. Here are the articles that have appeared so far, with excerpts and links:

National landmark status could help Red Sox
By Tom Farrey, ESPN.com, Friday, November 10, 2000

Getting that shiny plaque can help fund upgrades to the ballpark, [SFP's Jeffrey] Harris said. If Fenway were to be designated as a landmark, the team could qualify for tax credits through the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program, which could reduce the cost of any effort to rehabilitate Fenway by 20 percent.

"You have to have the will and spirit to treat Fenway Park with the respect it deserves," [Preservationist Howard] Decker said. "If you do that, miracles can happen."

Thoughts on Fenway Park
Excerpts from various respondents, ESPN.com, Monday, November 6, 2000

" I'm tired of baseball's inclination to bulldoze its history in the name of economics. To me, places like Fenway and Wrigley and Yankee Stadium aren't mere ballparks. They're national historic monuments. So we should no more consider blowing up Fenway than we would Independence Hall." -- Jayson Stark

"[T]here is a charm that exists at Wrigley that everyone in the National League looks forward to experiencing. And everybody in the American League feels the same way about Fenway -- each year, players can't wait to get to Boston or Chicago." -- Rick Sutcliffe

"[E]very time I walk in[to Fenway Park], I think about Ted Williams and Babe Ruth, and that stuff is really important. Even if they build a park to look just like it, it won't be the same." -- Tim Kurkjian

"As a player at Fenway, the fans are right on top of the field and there's so much history you can feel it. Everything surrounding Fenway makes it such a fun place to play, especially the neighborhood it's in. It's one of the best parks in baseball for the players on the field." -- Brian McRae

"I love the historical aspect of baseball and the history of Fenway makes saving it worth more than any economic downside. There is enough technology to refurbish the stadium without having to tear it down." -- Rob Dibble

"Fenway Park is baseball history and a remarkable baseball setting. " -- Buck Martinez

Related Links
The Future Fenway Design Symposium
Save Fenway
Fenway Park: It could be saved, but should it?
ESPN.com
National landmark status could help Red Sox
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