Gillette Stadium is prepared for an international friendly match between Brazil and France If you've been following this series since December, you already know the opportunity. You know hotel prices were climbing. You know fans were going to need alternatives. You knew this moment was coming. Well, it's here — and the news from the past two weeks has been nothing short of remarkable. Every major player connected to this event has made their move. They've looked at the demand

Armstrong Park closed to the public, as indicated by a prominent sign at the entrance. If you've driven past the old Armstrong flooring plant off Plain Street in Braintree lately, you've probably noticed what's been there for decades: chain-link fences, crumbling pavement, and a shuttered factory shell sitting on more than 30 acres of prime South Shore land less than a mile from the Red Line. That's about to change in a big way. National developer Trammell Crow has received P