Rendering photo courtesy Beyer, Blinder and Belle

It's happening. The PawSox have signed a letter of intent to uproot the Triple-A franchise from their decades-long home in Rhode Island to move to Worcester. The plans were officially revealed at an announcement at Worcester City Hall Friday afternoon.

The annoucement also featured the plan for what a 10,000-seat ballpark in the Canal District could look like. Note that Worcester Red Sox appears to be the team's planned name.

Also notable is the Green Monster replica in left field that the Red Sox are using in all their minor league parks.

Construction is set to begin on the park in July 2019 with plans to open for games in the 2021 season.

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Here's a rendering of the proposed ballpark with Madison Street in the foreground. The state of Massachusetts will be contributing of $35 million for the project. No existing city tax revenue will be used.

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Another angle of the proposed 10,000-seat Worcester baseball stadium. City manager Ed Augustus described the efforts to woo the Boston Red Sox's Triple-A affiliate as a 15-month effort.

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Larry Lucchino holds up a Polar Seltzer to announce the stadium will be called Polar Park. @masslivenews @PolarBeverages @PolarSeltzer pic.twitter.com/gt4YEaCX5Q — Melissa Hanson (@Melissa__Hanson) August 17, 2018

It wasn't included in the renditions, but PawSox CEO Larry Lucchino did say the proposed stadium will be called Polar Park.

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This is an aerial view of the map with the ballpark superimposed on its proposed site. In addition to the construction of a new park, the PawSox move to Worcester will triger a series of infrastructure improvements and other economic developments.

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Here is an aerial view of how the Canal District currently looks. The project will also include a municipal parking garage with a capacity of 350 spaces.

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Photo: Melissa Hanson, MassLive.com

Here's a closeup view of the signage for the proposed stadium. Augustus announced that they expect the park to host at least 125 events, including minor-league games, every year.

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This is a recent view of the site where the ballpark would be built.

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A beautiful innovative downtown ballpark is coming to “The Heart of the Commonwealth” in 2021. Visionaries Larry Lucchino and Janet Marie Smith, who created Camden Yards and who helped save Fenway Park, will create a Triple-A park in Worcester, MA. https://t.co/GKvSsgTMit pic.twitter.com/S95dUQTO3Y — PawSox (@PawSox) August 17, 2018

The PawSox Twitter account posted an additional rendering of what the stadium could like like.

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The location proposed for the future ballpark are the empty lots across the street from Worcester's Wyman Gordon facility in the city's Canal District. Here's what those lots currently look like.

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One of the empty lots at the proposed site is currently used as a parking facility for Crompton Place, a collection of Canal District businesses, including Birch Tree Bread Company.

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The raised railroad currently runs alongside the border of where the proposed stadium will be located.

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The location proposed for the future ballpark are the empty lots across the street from Worcester's Wyman Gordon facility in the city's Canal District. Here's what those lots currently look like.

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Another look at the empty lots where the future stadium is slated for construction.

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Another look at the empty lots where the future stadium is slated for construction.

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It’s official: PawSox are moving to Worcester. Watch live as Worcester leaders make the announcement. Posted by MassLive on Friday, August 17, 2018

Here's MassLive's video of Friday's announcement at Worcester City Hall.