WTF are you smoking? I love the Alexandria threads. It brings out all the jealous crazies. And the flood lady. So much entertainment. |
Sorry but who cares about any of what you said? |
Ted is making the value of the 70 acres as well as the 2 billion dollars in cash he is being given to develop those 70 acres. He is also being given the value that someone (Alexandria? Virginia?) will need to spend - estimated at $300 million - to upgrade the metro station. The debt service that the taxpayers of Alexandria and Virginia will be paying is another billion. And for that, the region gets an entertainment complex on an already crowded Route 1 with double track metro access that cannot be expanded. I am not sure how DC "messed up" - they don't have 70 acres to simply give to Ted Leonsis. They offered up the money he asked for to renovate the arena. they also gave him, a few years earlier, $80M to build a Wizards practice facility in Southeast Washington. It is clear this deal was in the works for months, if not years, given how far back Ted and Glen go in Northern Virginia business circles, but to suggest that DC messed up when there was never going to be a comparable offer is misplaced. The question now is if Virginia and Alexandria taxpayers are going to accept the liability on 2 billion in bonds and another billion in debt service should the ticket sales and concessions on a hard to reach arena don't pan out. |
Probably no more than the 50 pages of DC posters hoping someone takes their complaints or predictions seriously. I just needed to let pp know they were way out of bounds thinking DC is even in the same league as Miami. You don't see Miami sports teams moving up to Jupiter, FL which is basically what is happening to DC here. But enjoy your fancy lunch burrito at your newly developed Moe's. |
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DC losing the Caps and Wizards is partly a result of the failure of workers to return to the office. Businesses closing, commercial real estate failing, services for the city being reduced.
Without the commuters DC as a city will continue to be a poor option for businesses. Don’t think there aren’t moneyed interests in more economically certain, diverse, and vibrant areas looking to snatch the nats or commanders. Businesses follow the money. Ask Oakland. |
I guess you don't know about the various stadiums the Marlins and Dophins have played in, much less where the Panthers play. Sad. |
1000% true. It's fun to watch and it's not just Del Ray. All my neighbors who voted for Wilson and this council are so upset about this and SFZ being abolished. The YIMBY's are so fun to watch. |
I agree with you except that Alexandria is no Jupiter, Fl. |
| Want to see DCUM personified? Go to the Del Ray farmers market on a Saturday. |
So you can watch all the military officers and their pet yoga wives? |
Moe's? WTF? Pretty much every thing you've posted screams "tell me you don't know DC without telling me you don't know DC." Hey I'm sorry that DeSantis isn't giving you a Florida Tourism advertising budget, but DCUM isn't the place for it. |
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And now we hear from this wife beater who also assaulted a black kid.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/former-congressman-who-fought-attempt-to-build-football-stadium-concerned-about-proposed-alexandria-arena/3498140/?fbclid=IwAR0Dh3DHUYY0NTK9_ZXxAyWLgxCGzyRZ6YhR-ETybdprF-NgTSHrWyJe8P4 |
| This is actually what Alexandria needs. It’s caviar tastes cannot be fulfilled by residential property taxes. |
| Why can't people just admit the crime in DC is out of control? |
The profile of the typical DC criminal doesn’t fit their woke narrative. Everything needs to be blamed on white supremacists. |