Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office is signaling it “may not release that detailed information until 2026” on public funding for White Stadium -- a stance that comes “amid mounting pressure from critics and the City Council” with just weeks left in the year, according to Niki Griswold of the BOSTON GLOBE. Over the summer, public funding for the city’s ongoing construction at White Stadium became a “key issue in her re-election bid.” Wu promised to give an “updated cost estimate for the controversial project ‘later this calendar year,’” but her office has “still not offered an update on the project’s final cost.” A spokesperson for the mayor said yesterday that the city “still needs to evaluate contractors and award remaining bids in ‘early 2026.’” City spokesperson Emma Pettit said that as of Tuesday, the city “had spent” $12M on “demolition and site work for the project, and designated” $76M to “contractors for further construction.” It was “not immediately clear which steps of the construction process are covered by those contracts, and what bids have not been awarded yet.” City Councilor Julia Mejia and other critics of the project “rallied at City Hall” yesterday to protest “how the Wu administration has handled the overhaul.” Mejia also filed a resolution yesterday “demanding that the Wu administration release an updated cost estimate, though it did not include a deadline.” The council “voted unanimously in favor of Mejia’s resolution,” though some councilors “spoke in support of Wu’s vision for White Stadium” (BOSTON GLOBE, 12/10).
Mayor Michelle Wu faces criticism around public funding for White Stadium
