"Kraft Group, town settle conflict over Gillette Stadium" by Michele Morgan Bolton | Globe Correspondent, July 13, 2013
An eleventh-hour compromise over insurance coverage has rescued upcoming concerts and sporting events at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough — a relief not only for the town and stadium owner but also for ticket holders awaiting performers like Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift.
The standoff between the town and the Kraft Group revolved around a decision by the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association, the town’s insurance carrier, to hike the per-person deductible in any stadium legal claim from $7,500 to $50,000. That decision followed a class-action lawsuit filed against the town and its police chief last summer that asserts that scores of people were wrongly placed into protective custody at concerts without proof they were alcohol-impaired.
Welcome to Massachusetts!
Lawyers for Foxborough said the class could reach 2,700 members, which would be a fortune in payouts with the new deductible if the case were lost. Selectmen placed the entertainment licenses for stadium events in escrow, seeking to force the Krafts to indemnify police officers who work the events.
The stalemate was broken at a last-ditch selectmen’s meeting Thursday....
Think I'll skip the show.
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I'm starting to think it's Kraft who is king in this state; Patrick just a puppet.
