A small Massachusetts town is threatening to block seven Boston-area World Cup games this summer unless someone else steps up to pay for the millions of dollars of security costs that local officials say they can’t afford.
Though billed as taking place in Boston, the games will actually be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, about 20 miles southwest of the city’s downtown and home to the National Football League’s New England Patriots. And Foxborough’s budget can’t handle the expected $7.8 million in police and related public-safety expenses, local officials say.
Without an agreement to cover those costs, Foxborough is ...