Minority and women-owned companies in Worcester say they were promised a sizable role in helping construct Polar Park, the stadium that will house the Boston Red Sox’s Triple-A minor league baseball team, only for the city to all but shut them out of the multi-million-dollar project.
With the ballpark nearing completion, a new report is backing up those claims.
A GBH News investigation revealed that less than one percent of the more than $100 million in construction contracts awarded for the project went to a certified minority-owned business, despite claims from Worcester and the park’s construction manager that its payments to those organizations were much higher.