Recent Polling Data
on Fenway Park
A 4/9/2003 WBZ FastTrac
poll (Channel 4, Boston) found that 68% would "rather the Red Sox renovate"
Fenway Park, versus only 27% who wanted to "replace" Fenway (with
5% "not sure").
A 3/31/2002 WBZ FastTrac
Poll, conducted by Survey USA and reported on WBZ-TV Sports Final, found that
65% supported renovating Fenway Park versus 28% who wanted a new ballpark (with
7% not sure). If there were to be a new ballpark, only 14% supported using taxpayer
money to build it, while 80% said no taxpayer money should be used.
A 12/21/2001 WBZ
FastTrac poll (Channel 4, Boston) of 500 greater Boston area residents found
that 67% favor renovation versus only 27% who want a new ballpark.
A 6/14/2001 WBZ
FastTrac poll found 57% support for renovating Fenway, along with an additional
18% favoring leaving Fenway as it is. Only 22% thought Fenway Park should be
torn down and replaced. Also, 77% thought Fenway was an excellent or good place
to see a baseball game. (The poll of 500 Boston-area adults by Survey USA has
a 4.5% margin of error.) [This poll was depicted in an SFP
ad in Boston Baseball.]
On
3/4/2001 WBZ-TV reporter John
Henning announced, "Listen to this one: 74 percent say they want the Red Sox
organization to explore restoring the park instead of building [a new stadium]."
Other
results of this FastTrac
poll (covering the greater Boston viewing area), released during the program
Sunday News Conference, also found 56% opposed to "using city or
state funds" [for a new stadium].
On
4/3/2001 the Boston Globe reported that a recent poll of 500 likely
Boston voters had found that "most voters disapprove of the mayor's decision
to commit city resources to a new Fenway Park." The poll was conducted by SWR/Della
Volpe for Boston mayorial candidate Peggy Davis-Mullen.
A 7/31/2000 WBZ Fast
Trac poll, conducted by Survey USA and reported on WBZ-TV (Channel 4, Boston)
on 8/4/2000, found "overwhelming support for renovating Fenway Park over
building a new [stadium]." Of 500 Massachusetts residents surveyed, 65%
said "Renovate Fenway" versus
27% who said "Build a New Park" (with 7% "not sure").
A 8/29-31/2000 Boston
Herald poll, published on 9/2/2000, found that "61
percent of voters surveyed said they oppose the $313 million public financing
package to build a new [Red Sox] stadium,
while just one-third supported it."
See Also: Older
Polling Data
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