Worcester Red Sox

Worcester’s highest-profile development will need to hit some major milestones in 2020 in order to stay its course.

The City of Worcester and Boston developer Madison Properties have filed long-awaited plans for the $101-million Polar Park baseball stadium and a bevy of mixed-use properties in the Canal District.

Polar Park, the future home of the Worcester Red Sox, will feature what the team is calling the world’s first autonomous checkout store in a pro sports and entertainment venue. 

The first demolition of buildings at the Polar Park baseball stadium site in Worcester has begun, starting Thursday morning with the razing of a small warehouse at 50 Washington St. 

With $240 million being poured into a comprehensive redevelopment of a large area in the Canal District including the $101-million Polar Park baseball stadium, Worcester officials are taking steps to address traffic and parking concerns during construction.

With the Polar Park ceremonial groundbreaking out of the way, the Worcester Redevelopment Authority is taking steps...

The city, Pawtucket Red Sox and local and state officials Thursday held a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Polar Park.

A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held at the future site of Polar Park and new Worcester home of the Pawtucket Red Sox on July 11, according to an official notice from City Hall. 

Polar Park's groundbreaking is expected in July, with a planned April 2021 opening. That can often be enough time to build a ballpark, but other parks have suffered delays and Worcester's site is a complex one.

Worcester’s planned Polar Park is still being designed but one feature that's set, a brick building with ballpark views, has become common at parks across the country as teams build more elaborate parks with a variety of seating options.