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Worthless?!? Acres and acres of land on a major road (RTE1) with a housing boom in effect in 1994? That land could have turned into upscale homes, retail center, amusement park, or whatever. The land was certainly not worthless without the Patriots. In fact at the time, spending on one or several of those options on the land would have been considered the safer and more profitable bet.
Why would Kraft consider moving the team to CT if he knew would make the land worthless? Kraft was already rumored to be negotiating with Six Flags to build an amusement park in the area if the team moved to CT.
Seriously, you are not making a strong argument. The land had a lot of options if the Pats did move. Kraft saw that the team had the potential to be really popular in this state which would make paying to keep the team the better option and part of that has to do with what Parcells did when he got here.
Kraft was never moving to Conn. He was playing Mass to get what he wanted.
An amusement park in Foxboro? That would have been a real money maker vs an NFL franchise.