Boston City Council Grills Administration on White Stadium's $135 Million Price Tag

BOSTON — March 16, 2026 — Boston City Council holds joint hearing on White Stadium's $135 million guaranteed maximum price contract. The Committee on Post Audit and the Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation convened March 16 to review Docket 0205, filed by Councillor Benjamin J. Weber, and Docket 0199, filed by Councillor Julia Mejia on government transparency. Chief of Operations Dionne Irish confirmed that $102 million in contracts have been awarded across both the city-managed and Boston Legacy Football Club-managed sides of the project, with $43 million committed to minority- and women-owned businesses, though Councillor Rell identified display errors on the city's contracting dashboard that conflated executed contracts with legally binding commitments. Community panelist Louis Alisa, a founding Franklin Park Coalition member, said he has never seen a comprehensive BPS design plan for the facility and argued the project "completely restricts the use of Franklin Park during the stadium days." Councillor Mejia pressed the administration on total project debt service, which she estimated could exceed $230 million, but the city's finance office was not represented at the hearing. No votes were taken.