VIDEO: Polar Park In Worcester Gets Final Piece Of Steel

WORCESTER, MA — If this was a baseball game, we'd maybe be somewhere in the fifth inning.

The Polar Park construction project crossed a big milestone on Thursday as construction crews topped-off the park with the final piece of structural steel — although there's plenty of construction work left.

The ballpark will eventually be home to the Worcester Red Sox. Opening day for the park is still planned for April, even though the pandemic has delayed construction — and professional baseball as a whole.

"We faced roadblocks no one could have anticipated when this project was first envisioned, but the optimism and sense of pride we all felt when it was first announced remains as strong as ever," City Manage Edward Augustus Jr. said in a press release Wednesday.

The journey to a minor league team in Worcester began almost exactly two years ago, when the Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate announced it would move north from Pawtucket.

Construction crews broke ground on the $100 million, 10,000-seat Polar Park, located near the intersection of Plymouth and Washington streets in the Canal District, last July. The steel structure began going up in March, but construction was stopped for almost two months beginning April 1 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

You can watch the topping-off ceremony here: