Almost 50 major league stadiums will turn 30 by 2030, leaving team owners, municipalities and investors to decide whether to renovate or replace, as has been the case for six of them already. But whether it’s new from the ground up, as proposed for the Oakland Athletics, or refurbishing an existing stadium, like the New England Patriots’ 20-year-old Gillette Stadium, the community outside the stadium walls is as important a consideration as the stadium itself.

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