The Boston Police Department announced plans today for public safety on Super Bowl Sunday in and around the city of Boston. Patriots fans are expected to crowd into the city to watch the Super Bowl game at local sports bars and other establishments.
Boston is a city full of lively young college students and more than 34 colleges and universities. Mix thousands of students with Boston’s diehard sports fans and a Super Bowl trophy on the line and that spells potential chaos. In the past, major sporting events such as playoff and championship games have led to trouble. This time, the BPD is not taking any chances.
The BPD is paying close attention to areas with large numbers of students such as Kenmore Square and around Northeastern University. For their part, colleges and universities are urging students to keep things under control. Some schools such as Boston University and Northeastern University are sponsoring alcohol free on campus Super Bowl viewing parties for students.
Though the home field of the New England Patriots is Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA, a suburb that is far from the city of Boston, police are targeting the North Station area where the Celtics and Bruins play at TD Garden and Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Police will be on the ground and also in the air in special helicopters recording digital images of Super Bowl Sunday on the streets of Boston.
Though game time for the Super Bowl is 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Boston’s sports bars will be “welcoming fans as early as noon” according to an article in the Boston Herald. Boston Police Chief Ed Davis told The Herald that by game time, “police will be out in force” and by halftime, “crowd-control barricades will go up in Kenmore Square and North Station, two post-game partying hot spots.”
In a special Traffic and Parking Advisory for Super Bowl Sunday posted on the BPD website, the police laid out traffic restrictions and other public safety measures.
The memo said that the BPD would put a number of parking restrictions into effect on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5th in the interest of public safety. Temporary traffic restrictions may also be put into place police said.
Drivers are advised to pay close attention to posted regulations to avoid being ticketed and towed. “Though parking meters will be free in Boston on Sunday. if signs posted on the block indicate that parking is illegal on February 5th, then parking at meters on that block will not be allowed either,” according to the police statement.
These are the temporary parking regulations to be implemented:
“No Stopping Boston Police Special Event Sunday” signs will be posted at the following locations:
BRIGHTON AREA
Brighton Avenue
Both sides, fromChester Street to Allston Street
Harvard Avenue
Both sides, fromCommonwealth Avenue to Cambridge Street
KENMORE SQUARE AREA
Beacon Street
Both sides, from Kenmore Square to Maitland/Mountford Streets
Boylston Street
Both sides, fromPark Drive, near Ipswich Street, to Park Drive at Brookline Avenue
Brookline Avenue
Both sides, fromBeacon Street(Kenmore Square) toPark Drive
Burlington Street
Both sides, from Brookline Avenue to the Dead End
Commonwealth Avenue
Both sides, both roadways, from Massachusetts Avenue to the Boston University Bridge
Bay State Road
Both sides, from Beacon Street to Granby Street
Raleigh Street
Both sides, from Beacon Street to Bay State Road
Sherborn Street
Both sides, from Commonwealth Avenue to Bay State Road
Granby Street
Both sides, from Commonwealth Avenue to Bay State Road
Deerfield Street
Both sides, from Commonwealth Avenue to Bay State Road
Ipswich Street
Both sides, from Charlesgate East to Boylston Street(Sunoco Gas Station)
Kenmore Square (in its entirety)
Both sides, both roadways, from Kenmore/Raleigh Streets to Deerfield/Beacon Streets
Kilmarnock Street
Both sides, from Van Ness Street to Boylston Street
Lansdowne Street
Both sides, from Brookline Avenue to Ipswich Street
Park Drive (DCR Roadway)
Left side, Left roadway (Roberto Clemente Parkside) from Aggassi Road to opposite Kilmarnock Street
Van Ness Street
Both sides, from Ipswich Street to Kilmarnock Street
Yawkey Way
Both sides, from Boylston Street to Brookline Avenue
Fullerton Street
Both sides, from Brookline Avenue to the Dead End
Overland Street
Both sides, from Brookline Avenue to the Dead End
NORTHEASTERN AREA
Gainsborough Street
Both sides, from Huntington Avenue to Hemenway Street
Hemenway Street
Both sides, from Forsyth Street to Boylston Street
Symphony Road
Both sides, from Saint Stephens Street to Hemenway Street
Saint Stephens Street
Both sides, from Westland Avenue to Forsyth Way
Opera Place
Both sides, from Saint Stephens Street to Huntington Avenue
Westland Avenue
Both sides, from Hemenway Street to Massachusetts Avenue
Forsyth Way
Both sides, from Hemenway Street to Huntington Avenue
Columbus Avenue,
North side (Carter Playground side) from Melnea Cass Blvd to Douglas Park
FANEUIL HALL AREA
Blackstone Street
Both sides, from Hanover Street to North Street
Congress Street
Both sides, from New Chardon Street to State Street
North Street
Both sides, from Surface Road to Congress Street
Union Street
Both sides, from North Street to Hanover Street
Clinton Street
Both sides, from North Street to Surface Road
State Street
Both sides, from Surface Road to Washington Street
Hanover Street
Both sides, from Congress Street to Surface Road
NORTH STATION AREA
Causeway Street
Both sides, from Merrimac Street to North Washington Street
Canal Street
Both sides, from New Chardon Street to Causeway Street
Friend Street
Both sides, from New Chardon Street to Causeway Street
Portland Street
Both sides, from New Chardon Street to Causeway Street
Lancaster Street
Both sides, from Merrimac Street to Causeway Street
Merrimac Street
Both sides, from New Chardon Street to Causeway Street
Drivers are cautioned that, to retain public safety, the Boston Police Department may also restrict vehicular traffic on as many of the above-mentioned streets as necessary on Sunday evening.
SOURCE: Boston Police Department website
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