GLOBE REPORT SAYS PLANS FOR NEW RED SOX BALLPARK ARE SET

          Although the Red Sox organization is "holding off" on
     an official announcement, the "stage is set to build a new
     stadium next door" to Fenway Park, according to Anthony
     Flint in a front-page piece in Sunday's BOSTON GLOBE.  The
     45,000-seat modern ballpark, "similar to" Camden Yards and
     "designed to look and feel like the old Fenway," would be
     built over several years, during which the team would play
     at Fenway.  After the new park opens, portions of Fenway
     would be torn down to make way for development, while "part
     of it would be retained as a museum and park." The "final
     touches" on a financing plan for the project are "being
     made," and Flint wrote that the park would be "paid for with
     revenue from associated development and ticket and luxury-
     box sales, and probably with the help of a private partner." 
     The Red Sox "don't expect financial assistance from the
     state," but the team  "does expect big help from the city,"
     specifically the Boston Redevelopment Authority, especially
     "in relocating businesses and otherwise preparing the site
     for the new stadium."  Flint added that "[p]roblems enter
     the picture in the form of three major constituencies" --
     residents, existing businesses on the new stadium site and
     preservationists determined to save Fenway Park.  Red Sox
     VP/Public Affairs Dick Bresciani, on the new plans for the
     new ballpark: "Everything has slowed down ... We're not
     doing anything" (Anthony Flint, BOSTON GLOBE, 7/6).