Everett committee holds resolution to refer soccer-stadium question to voters

The Everett City Council Committee on Legislative Affairs on Monday voted to hold in committee a resolution that would ask voters in the November 2025 municipal election whether to build a professional soccer stadium on Low Broadway.

The committee, meeting at 6:30 p.m., took the procedural action after a member said they had been communicating with the city clerk and the Elections Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and requested the item be held for a later date. A motion to hold the item in committee was made, seconded and passed by voice vote; the clerk reported “the ayes have it.”

The committee had a quorum with four members present when the roll was called. No public testimony or substantive debate on the merits of the stadium proposal is recorded in the committee transcript. The sponsor identified in the record referenced counsel Robert Van Campion in presenting the item, and a committee member said they had consulted the city clerk and the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Elections Division about timing and process, but the transcript shows no further discussion or amendments before the committee voted to hold the item.

Because the item was held in committee, no final referral to the full City Council or placement on the ballot was made at the meeting. The transcript does not specify a new date for further committee consideration, the identity of the motion maker or the vote tally by name.