UConn getting over $1 million to move game to Fenway Park

Boston College beat UConn in 2016. The Eagles declined to play that game at Fenway Park. (AP)

Connecticut is getting the biggest game guarantee in school history to move a home game vs. Boston College in 2017 to Fenway Park.

UConn’s game vs. BC was announced Thursday along with a matchup between Massachusetts and Maine as college football games at the historic stadium of the Boston Red Sox. As part of the deal, UConn gets a guarantee of $1.125 million to move a home game and rights to 22,000 of the nearly 40,000 tickets that will be available.

“We are thrilled to take part in the continuation of what we hope will be a long-time partnership with the Fenway Group and the Boston Red Sox,” UConn athletic director David Benedict said in a statement. “This game will present our players an unforgettable experience playing in one of the most-renowned venues in American sport and provide UConn fans with a front row seat. We could not be happier to take part.”

Boston College doesn’t get any compensation for the game since it was scheduled to be the road team.

Boston College played Notre dame at Fenway Park in 2015 and were the visitors in that matchup. Fenway had tried to get Boston College to host its 2016 matchup with UConn at the stadium, but Boston College declined, citing its Ireland game vs. Georgia Tech. BC didn’t want to have less than six true home games.

The game between UConn and Boston College will be played on Nov. 18.