The Rhinos have entertained Rochester for nearly 10 years. I’d say the actual on-field product is like a Mercedes-Benz. But at the end of the day, I have visions of management parking the Benz outside a broken-down mobile home, not inside the heated garage of an Ambassador Drive mansion. I just don’t think the team […]
Paetec Park
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Forging a Frontier of their own
DC United’s Jaime Moreno stands just outside Frontier Field’s team locker rooms and looks down the tunnel where soccer players enter the stadium, in the foul territory behind home plate. His team just beat the Rhinos 2-0 in a friendly match, and Moreno is describing what it’s like to play soccer on a baseball […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
The Empire’s new digs
The future of PaeTec Park and the future of Empire Precision Plastics are indelibly linked. The oft-delayed ground-breaking for Rochester’s soccer stadium will not happen until the parties involved have found a new home for Empire. And, more importantly, until it is decided who is going to pay for the relocation. “We’re working on […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
News briefs 10.29.03
Now, what? A ground-breaking for the $22 million PaeTec Park could be right around the corner. Attorneys are working out final agreements for the state’s $15 million share and an archeological study is under way. The study has turned up foundations of structures from the canal-era, according to Rochester Deputy Mayor Mitch Rowe, and the […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Will PaeTec bail out?
The city is committed. The state — following a tumultuous week where it looked like things might fall apart — is committed. The Rhinos, certainly, are committed to getting a soccer-specific stadium built in Rochester. So is the team still feeling the love from its stadium’s namesake, PaeTec Communications? The Perinton-based telecommunications company […]
