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Another Reason To Stay Home And Watch On TV Instead
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You may be aware that Gillette Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots, is sort of in the middle of nowhere, halfway between Boston and Providence. The people who live near the stadium have traditionally sold spaces on their lawns for people to use as parking for games, because parking is expensive at the Stadium lots. The town is now moving to ban lawn parking on game days, citing abuses by some people who they say are parking too many cars on their property as if they're commercial lots. But this happens around stadiums all the time, and I don't think that public safety has anything to do with it. If people are parking for, say, $5 on somebody's lawn and walking a few blocks to the stadium, they're not paying upwards of $20 to park in the official lot. So whoever controls the parking revenues is losing out, and the town is probably among the losers. They don't want you to park in the neighborhood, and they definitely don't want you paying less to them. It's one of the biggest scams involved in professional sports: even if tickets are affordable, parking often puts attending a game out of reach. And at many stadiums, you don't have an alternative to the official parking lots. (Boston Globe)
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