New Commanders Stadium at Poplar Point (Ward 8)?
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for any swifties out there..
if RFK was a modern stadium, taylor would have come to DC. DC has no venue that is large enough for massive events |
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LOL Bowser should preach this. Half the millennials would be pulling for a stadium. TS concerts are goldmines for that weekend. |
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and most are terrible deals for their cities |
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We're talking about an NFL stadium. Please stay on topic. |
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Build a retractable roof in the stadium - we will be in contention for Final Fours, Superbowls, year round concerts The new vikings stadium has been a FANTASTIC addition to downtown Mpls. |
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I’m not the one who brought up London and Paris as analogies. |
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| Not a fan of the Red Commanders returning to DC with substantial taxpayer funding. That said, if they were to come to Washington a better site might be the old PEPCO plant on Benning Rd. It's a large, industrial use site that is largely buffered by wide roads from adjacent residential areas. It has river frontage and distant monumental views, with room for parkland and mixed use. There's access to major arterials and to highways. It lies between two Metro stations and there would be an opportunity for infill station next to the site. |
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+1 No question that the next Washington NFL stadium, wherever it ends up, will have a retractable roof to get the Super Bowl. |
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DC 295? yeah ok |
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There is no real public policy reason to support using tax dollars to build a 80K person stadium that will be used at most 20 times a year. 80K times 20 is 1.6M. Nats Park and Verizon Center draw far more during the year than a new football stadium ever will. Economic case not even close. |
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| This sounds like a great option |
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| The fact is, the city is going to need to spend 200-300M to get the whole area into a developable state, so if the owners of the team want to build the stadium after that, great. Otherwise, the area will be turned into another Wharf/Navy Yard like Disnleyland. |
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| Poplar Pointe is a great idea! It's right off the river. It's right across from two other stadiums. It's right next to the 295 freeway as well as South Capitol Street, which also has access to 395 and 695, which also means that traffic can come in from two different ways vs. the one way at RFK. It's an area that's already used to nightlife and sports. It's a better view from the freeway, and will go good with the new South Capitol Street Bridge. They can even have boat access to the stadium since it's right off the river. It also sits right in between two metro train stations vs. the one station at RFK. It would fit nice with all the high rise apartments vs. the row houses at RFK. Not to mention that the people around RFK are no longer used to sports traffic and they don't want the new stadium anyway. Poplar Pointe already has 2 other stadiums across the river. Poplar Pointe itself is not residential aside from that one apartment building that's being built up the street from it. Poplar Pointe is literally a wide open space that's just sitting there. A big dome stadium would go perfect right there. Unlike RFK, it would be much more visible from the freeway, and would fit right in with the lights since that area is already lit up. RFK is 100% residential. The new dome belongs in a spot where sport and nightlife traffic already exists. |
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Poplar Point was the original location for Audi Field. I don't remember why that fell apart, other than Fenty lied, but there are presumably reasons why it did. |