Worcester Red Sox

In December 2022, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 predictions of what this year’s headlines would bring. They were bold, and they were mostly wrong. We got three right. Here are our predictions and what actually happened.

Trivia question: What $160-million public facility opened in Worcester’s Canal District in 2021?

When Polar Park was first announced in August 2018, Worcester's pay-for-itself plan for it was centered around six proposed buildings from Boston developer Madison Properties. But that development has since significantly shrunk in size and been delayed.

The Worcester Red Sox saw significant improvement in attendance in their second year at Polar Park, after finishing sixth overall in an inaugural season.

The 228-unit residential building under construction near to the $160-million Polar Park baseball stadium, and key to the plan to pay off the public stadium, is at risk of losing its 15-year tax break, according to a report by the Worcester version of the website Patch.

Through their first 22 home games, the Worcester Red Sox averaged 7,638 fans per game, more fans than the team has seats at its new $160-million baseball stadium.

Finding stable housing has always been a challenge for low-income earners, but the problem has ballooned in places like Worcester where the average rent is growing about 10 percentage points faster than the average income.

Worcester-based Fallon Health and the Worcester Red Sox are once again partnering up for the Strike Out Hunger campaign during the minor league team’s 2022 season, this time with new fan initiatives to help in the fight against food insecurity.

The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

Brian Treitman’s love of BBQ starts with its inherent role of taking cheap cuts of meat and turning them into savory dishes enjoyed by the masses.