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June 23, 2009

MSG's Springfield plans on hold


Plans for a 1,000-acre music festival complex in Springfield are on hold.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment has not purchased land near the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Continental Road, where its annual three-day festival was to be held.

And it has no business pending before the Springfield town Planning Board, according to Chair Mary Clarke.

Nearly a year after a large crowd came to the Springfield Community Center to debate the pros and cons of an annual festival meant to attract 75,000 music lovers, the issue has faded.



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