WooSox for Sale, According to Lucchino
Friday, November 10, 2023
The Worcester Red Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, is for sale.
WooSox chairman and principal owner Larry Lucchino said on a podcast this week that the AAA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox is for sale.
"I'm 78. It's time to sell the team," Lucchino told Bob Lobel and Mike Lynch in the podcast. "We're trying to find a local buyer."
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WooSox president Charles Steinberg confirmed to WBZ-TV's Dan Roche that Lucchino is looking to sell and wants to do so with a local buyer.
No sale is imminent, though, according to Steinberg, though interested parties have been making offers going as far back as 2021.
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The WooSox were plucked from Pawtucket after Rhode Island refused to provide nearly $100 million in total subsidies.
The team was purchased by a group from the late Ben Mondor’s widow, Madeline, in 2015.
The team and the state of Rhode Island then battled back and forth over the financing scheme to keep the team in Rhode Island.
Lucchino is part of a group that purchased the team.
Ultimately, when Rhode Island officials refused the team’s demands, the PawSox cut a deal with the City of Worcester, where Polar Park was constructed at a cost of $159 million.
The team has a 35-year lease with the ballpark.
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