Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk
New Harbor Bridge Opens in Corpus Christi
New Harbor Bridge, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Starts 06/28/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The long-awaited, $1.3 billion Harbor Bridge opened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas".
After years of safety-related construction halts and cost overruns, the new cable-stayed Harbor Bridge across Corpus Christi's ship channel finally opened to traffic in 2025.
$1.3B
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Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk
The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes
Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston
Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED 63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]
Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
Head of the Charles Regatta 2026 Races on the Charles River
Eliot Bridge, Coolidge Hill, West Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02163, United StatesHead of the Charles Regatta
10/16/2026 - 10/18/2026SCHEDULED 79% CONFIDENCEin 21 daysGiven as scheduled in the regatta's own site banner: "HEAD OF THE CHARLES REGATTA - OCT. 16-18, 2026", with a countdown to the 2026 regatta on the history page.^[1]
The world's largest three-day rowing event returns to the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge on 16-18 October 2026, with nearly 12,000 athletes and more than 370,000 spectators expected. Crews race a head course of about three miles against the clock, starting roughly fifteen seconds apart.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
The 131st Boston Marathon Runs on Patriots' Day 2027
Boston Marathon Finish Line, 665, Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116, United StatesBoston Athletic Association
Starts 04/19/2027SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 206 daysGiven as scheduled on the B.A.A.'s Boston Marathon page: "Boston Marathon Apr 19th, 2027 ... 131st BOSTON MARATHON PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA ... 30,000 participants will race on Patriots' Day"; no start times have been published yet.^[1]
About 30,000 runners are due to race from Hopkinton to Boylston Street on Monday 19 April 2027, after a record 33,656 qualifiers applied for places. It is the first Boston Marathon with a random draw for about 1,000 qualifiers who miss the cut-off time.
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Music09/24/2026@MusicDesk
Boston Calling Returns After Its 2026 Gap Year
C3 PresentsHarvard Athletic Complex, South Campus Drive, Barry's Corner, Allston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02163, United States
06/04/2027 - 06/06/2027SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 252 daysGiven as scheduled on the festival's own site: "Boston Calling^[1] Music Festival | Boston, MA | June 4 - 6, 2027 ... SEE YOU IN 2027", matching the organisers' post quoted by Boston.com^[3]: "an exciting return on a new weekend: June 4-6, 2027."
New England's largest music festival comes back to the Harvard Athletic Complex on 4-6 June 2027, a new weekend after years on Memorial Day, having skipped 2026. Mayor Michelle Wu linked the gap year to the strain of Boston's 250th and World Cup events.
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Weather09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Blizzard of 2026 Buries Boston Under 17 Inches of Snow
National Weather ServiceLogan International Airport, 1, Harborside Drive, East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02128, United States
Starts 02/23/2026CONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE214 days agoStated as fact, per CBS Boston: "The Blizzard of 2026 left more than three feet of snow in parts of Massachusetts Monday" (Monday 23 February 2026, the article titled "from Blizzard of February 23, 2026").^[1]
The Blizzard of 2026 dropped 17.1 inches on Logan Airport on 23 February 2026 and more than three feet on parts of southeastern Massachusetts, with a 68 mph gust at Logan and Boston's first blizzard warning since January 2022.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
Boston Marks Evacuation Day's 250th Anniversary on Dorchester Heights
Boston National Historical ParkDorchester Heights National Historic Site, Thomas Park, Dorchester Heights, South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02127, United States
Starts 03/17/2026 3:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE192 days agoStated as firm, per the National Park Service: "Tuesday, March 17 ... Ceremony: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m." (EDT, 15:00-17:30 UTC).^[1]
Reenactors, cannon fire and a mounted Washington marked 250 years since the British left Boston, at a newly restored Dorchester Heights Monument rededicated by the National Park Service.
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Disaster09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mexican Navy Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc Strikes the Brooklyn Bridge
Mexican NavyBrooklyn Bridge, Seaport, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10038, United States
Starts 05/18/2025 12:24AMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoStated as firm by the NTSB (ntsb.gov^[1], DCA25MM039): "On May 17, 2025, at 2024 eastern daylight time, the ARM Cuauhtémoc BE 01 ... struck the Brooklyn Bridge"; "Starting at 2024:42, the upper sections of all three masts ... contacted the underside" (20:24 EDT = 00:24Z on 18 May).
Backing out from Pier 17 with 277 people aboard, the Mexican Navy training ship drifted astern into the Brooklyn Bridge, breaking the tops of all three masts; two cadets were killed and at least 19 people injured.
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Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Army Corps Unveils $10 Billion Plan to Wall Off Boston's Coast
United States Army Corps of EngineersBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 07/24/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE63 days agoStated as fact, per boston.gov^[1][4][5]'s USACE partnership page: "On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft report and opened the public comment period for their Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study."
The Army Corps of Engineers' draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study proposes more than 20 floodwalls, berms and floodgates along 16 miles of the city's 47-mile coastline, roughly $10 billion of work it says would prevent $41 billion in flood damage.
$10B
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Sports09/20/2026@BuildDesk
White Stadium Reopens in Franklin Park After Its Rebuild
White Stadium, 450 Walnut Avenue, Boston, MA 02119, United StatesBoston Legacy FC
Starts 12/21/2027DELAYED2 years late48% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsTwo sources give a season rather than a month: the city’s construction-updates page says a "Summer 2027 opening", while the Boston^[2] Globe of 27 August 2026 says "the stadium will now open in the fall of 2027" and that Boston Legacy FC will not play there until the start of the 2028 season. The later reporting is followed, and a season sits at its last day.
The city-owned stadium in Franklin Park reopens after a rebuild that grew from a $30 million repair into a $325 million project, $135 million of it public money from the City of Boston and $190 million from the owners of Boston Legacy FC. The NWSL club will not play its first match there until 2028; Boston Public Schools athletics get the ground back first.
$325M
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Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
The Vessel Opens at Hudson Yards
Hudson Yards, Manhattan, New York, NY, USARelated Companies
Starts 03/15/2019CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE7.5 years agoConfirmed against contemporaneous coverage of the public opening. Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Vessel opened to the public on March 15, 2019".
Thomas Heatherwick's climbable honeycomb staircase, The Vessel, opens to the public as the centrepiece of Manhattan's new Hudson Yards district.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
The Times Square Ball Drops to Ring In 2027
1, Times Square, Manhattan Community Board 5, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10036, United States
Starts 01/01/2027 4:59AMSCHEDULED 81% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysGiven as scheduled, per timessquarenyc.org^[1][2][3][4]'s "2027 Times Square New Year's Eve" page: "as the clock nears midnight on December 31 ... the famous New Year's Eve Ball descends atop One Times Square"; its FAQ: "At exactly 11:59pm EST, the Ball will make its 60-second descent".
At 11:59 p.m. on 31 December 2026 the Constellation Ball, 12.5 feet wide and covered in 5,280 Waterford crystals, makes its 60-second descent atop One Times Square to welcome 2027.
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Stated as firm, per Sail Boston^[1][3][4]: "Meet Boston^[2] Parade of Sail Saturday, July 11, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM" (EDT, 13:00-20:00 UTC).

Start: Jul 11, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
End: Jul 11, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Tall Ships Parade Into Boston Harbor to Open Sail Boston 2026

Some 60 tall ships from more than 20 countries, led by USS Constitution, paraded into Boston Harbor for America's 250th, opening five days of free ship tours and fireworks.

Led by USS Constitution, the ships paraded in flotillas from Broad Sound into the main channel, along the waterfront and turned at Charlestown before berthing^[1]
The parade ran from 9 a.m. to about 4 p.m. with some 60 tall ships from more than 20 countries, among them the US Coast Guard's Eagle, the biggest Sail Boston in decades^[5]
Ships stayed open for free boarding from 11 to 15 July, with fireworks off Fan Pier on 11 and 15 July^[3]
Berths included Fan Pier, Commonwealth Pier, Boston Fish Pier, the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, Rowes Wharf and Charlestown Navy Yard^[2]
Boston is an official port of Sail250, the tall-ships gathering for the 250th anniversary of the United States^[4]

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sailboston.com/parade-of-sail
sailboston.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Jul 11, 2026 ✓· Ends Jul 11, 2026 ✓· 23% of score
Stated as firm, per Sail Boston^[3][4]: "Meet Boston^[2] Parade of Sail Saturday, July 11, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM" (EDT, 13:00-20:00 UTC).
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Sail Boston Tall Ship Locations
meetboston.com· Added Sep 24, 2026· 23% of score
Meet Boston's list of the piers where the ships berthed.
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Events | Sail Boston 2026
sailboston.com· Published Jul 17, 2026· 18% of score
Sail Boston's^[1][4] schedule: boarding 11-15 July and fireworks from a barge off Fan Pier on 11 and 15 July.
[4]80%
Sail Boston 2026 | The Tall Ships Return to Boston
sailboston.com· Published Jul 17, 2026· 18% of score
Sail Boston's^[1][3] home page: Boston is an official port of Sail250.
[5]92%
Tall ships parade into Boston, kicking off dayslong festival
nbcboston.com· Published Jul 11, 2026· 17% of score
NBC Boston's same-day report: about 60 ships from over 20 countries, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., led by USS Constitution.

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Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk
New Harbor Bridge Opens in Corpus Christi
New Harbor Bridge, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Starts 06/28/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The long-awaited, $1.3 billion Harbor Bridge opened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas".
After years of safety-related construction halts and cost overruns, the new cable-stayed Harbor Bridge across Corpus Christi's ship channel finally opened to traffic in 2025.
$1.3B
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Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk
The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes
Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston
Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED 63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]
Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
Head of the Charles Regatta 2026 Races on the Charles River
Eliot Bridge, Coolidge Hill, West Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02163, United StatesHead of the Charles Regatta
10/16/2026 - 10/18/2026SCHEDULED 79% CONFIDENCEin 21 daysGiven as scheduled in the regatta's own site banner: "HEAD OF THE CHARLES REGATTA - OCT. 16-18, 2026", with a countdown to the 2026 regatta on the history page.^[1]
The world's largest three-day rowing event returns to the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge on 16-18 October 2026, with nearly 12,000 athletes and more than 370,000 spectators expected. Crews race a head course of about three miles against the clock, starting roughly fifteen seconds apart.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
The 131st Boston Marathon Runs on Patriots' Day 2027
Boston Marathon Finish Line, 665, Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116, United StatesBoston Athletic Association
Starts 04/19/2027SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 206 daysGiven as scheduled on the B.A.A.'s Boston Marathon page: "Boston Marathon Apr 19th, 2027 ... 131st BOSTON MARATHON PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA ... 30,000 participants will race on Patriots' Day"; no start times have been published yet.^[1]
About 30,000 runners are due to race from Hopkinton to Boylston Street on Monday 19 April 2027, after a record 33,656 qualifiers applied for places. It is the first Boston Marathon with a random draw for about 1,000 qualifiers who miss the cut-off time.
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Music09/24/2026@MusicDesk
Boston Calling Returns After Its 2026 Gap Year
C3 PresentsHarvard Athletic Complex, South Campus Drive, Barry's Corner, Allston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02163, United States
06/04/2027 - 06/06/2027SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 252 daysGiven as scheduled on the festival's own site: "Boston Calling^[1] Music Festival | Boston, MA | June 4 - 6, 2027 ... SEE YOU IN 2027", matching the organisers' post quoted by Boston.com^[3]: "an exciting return on a new weekend: June 4-6, 2027."
New England's largest music festival comes back to the Harvard Athletic Complex on 4-6 June 2027, a new weekend after years on Memorial Day, having skipped 2026. Mayor Michelle Wu linked the gap year to the strain of Boston's 250th and World Cup events.
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Weather09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Blizzard of 2026 Buries Boston Under 17 Inches of Snow
National Weather ServiceLogan International Airport, 1, Harborside Drive, East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02128, United States
Starts 02/23/2026CONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE214 days agoStated as fact, per CBS Boston: "The Blizzard of 2026 left more than three feet of snow in parts of Massachusetts Monday" (Monday 23 February 2026, the article titled "from Blizzard of February 23, 2026").^[1]
The Blizzard of 2026 dropped 17.1 inches on Logan Airport on 23 February 2026 and more than three feet on parts of southeastern Massachusetts, with a 68 mph gust at Logan and Boston's first blizzard warning since January 2022.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
Boston Marks Evacuation Day's 250th Anniversary on Dorchester Heights
Boston National Historical ParkDorchester Heights National Historic Site, Thomas Park, Dorchester Heights, South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02127, United States
Starts 03/17/2026 3:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE192 days agoStated as firm, per the National Park Service: "Tuesday, March 17 ... Ceremony: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m." (EDT, 15:00-17:30 UTC).^[1]
Reenactors, cannon fire and a mounted Washington marked 250 years since the British left Boston, at a newly restored Dorchester Heights Monument rededicated by the National Park Service.
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Disaster09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mexican Navy Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc Strikes the Brooklyn Bridge
Mexican NavyBrooklyn Bridge, Seaport, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10038, United States
Starts 05/18/2025 12:24AMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoStated as firm by the NTSB (ntsb.gov^[1], DCA25MM039): "On May 17, 2025, at 2024 eastern daylight time, the ARM Cuauhtémoc BE 01 ... struck the Brooklyn Bridge"; "Starting at 2024:42, the upper sections of all three masts ... contacted the underside" (20:24 EDT = 00:24Z on 18 May).
Backing out from Pier 17 with 277 people aboard, the Mexican Navy training ship drifted astern into the Brooklyn Bridge, breaking the tops of all three masts; two cadets were killed and at least 19 people injured.
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Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Army Corps Unveils $10 Billion Plan to Wall Off Boston's Coast
United States Army Corps of EngineersBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 07/24/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE63 days agoStated as fact, per boston.gov^[1][4][5]'s USACE partnership page: "On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft report and opened the public comment period for their Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study."
The Army Corps of Engineers' draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study proposes more than 20 floodwalls, berms and floodgates along 16 miles of the city's 47-mile coastline, roughly $10 billion of work it says would prevent $41 billion in flood damage.
$10B
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Sports09/20/2026@BuildDesk
White Stadium Reopens in Franklin Park After Its Rebuild
White Stadium, 450 Walnut Avenue, Boston, MA 02119, United StatesBoston Legacy FC
Starts 12/21/2027DELAYED2 years late48% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsTwo sources give a season rather than a month: the city’s construction-updates page says a "Summer 2027 opening", while the Boston^[2] Globe of 27 August 2026 says "the stadium will now open in the fall of 2027" and that Boston Legacy FC will not play there until the start of the 2028 season. The later reporting is followed, and a season sits at its last day.
The city-owned stadium in Franklin Park reopens after a rebuild that grew from a $30 million repair into a $325 million project, $135 million of it public money from the City of Boston and $190 million from the owners of Boston Legacy FC. The NWSL club will not play its first match there until 2028; Boston Public Schools athletics get the ground back first.
$325M
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Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
The Vessel Opens at Hudson Yards
Hudson Yards, Manhattan, New York, NY, USARelated Companies
Starts 03/15/2019CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE7.5 years agoConfirmed against contemporaneous coverage of the public opening. Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Vessel opened to the public on March 15, 2019".
Thomas Heatherwick's climbable honeycomb staircase, The Vessel, opens to the public as the centrepiece of Manhattan's new Hudson Yards district.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
The Times Square Ball Drops to Ring In 2027
1, Times Square, Manhattan Community Board 5, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10036, United States
Starts 01/01/2027 4:59AMSCHEDULED 81% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysGiven as scheduled, per timessquarenyc.org^[1][2][3][4]'s "2027 Times Square New Year's Eve" page: "as the clock nears midnight on December 31 ... the famous New Year's Eve Ball descends atop One Times Square"; its FAQ: "At exactly 11:59pm EST, the Ball will make its 60-second descent".
At 11:59 p.m. on 31 December 2026 the Constellation Ball, 12.5 feet wide and covered in 5,280 Waterford crystals, makes its 60-second descent atop One Times Square to welcome 2027.
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