Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Just imagine it’s 6pm on a Wednesday. You’re fighting rush hour traffic to drive from your Big Law office in DC to get over to Alexandria. You then have to fight the airport traffic to get into one of the garages adjacent to the Metro station (which are often sold out to capacity during the week and holiday weekends). You then huff it up the escalator to grab your train to ride one stop to Potomac Yards.

Is Ted Leonis high on drugs? Does he have dementia?

Seems like the worst possible transit location? Too much traffic to drive to, too inconvenient for metro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Just imagine it’s 6pm on a Wednesday. You’re fighting rush hour traffic to drive from your Big Law office in DC to get over to Alexandria. You then have to fight the airport traffic to get into one of the garages adjacent to the Metro station (which are often sold out to capacity during the week and holiday weekends). You then huff it up the escalator to grab your train to ride one stop to Potomac Yards.

Is Ted Leonis high on drugs? Does he have dementia?

Doesn't matter if this plan works for anyone else or not: It works for Ted, because he gets a fancy new arena that he doesn't have to pay for.

[Anonymous]

We to a game at Cap One Arena today and had a wonderful experience and took Metro from Alexandria. Best part was waiting for the Meto under the arena is fairly warm while protected from the cold wind and other elements by thick cement! Potomac Yards outside platform has none of that...just stand in the dark frigid season long winter nights!! This idea is SOOOOOO stupid!!!

[Anonymous]

How is someone posting pictures from Twitter on here? How do you do that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Just imagine it’s 6pm on a Wednesday. You’re fighting rush hour traffic to drive from your Big Law office in DC to get over to Alexandria. You then have to fight the airport traffic to get into one of the garages adjacent to the Metro station (which are often sold out to capacity during the week and holiday weekends). You then huff it up the escalator to grab your train to ride one stop to Potomac Yards.

Is Ted Leonis high on drugs? Does he have dementia?

This is honestly one of the worst ideas ever. As it is, I would never try to drive to a weeknight game, but parking at DCA and taking the metro one stop is off the charts insane.

[Anonymous]

Go back to DC!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Do any stations on the Yellow/Blue lines have large public parking garages?

The Silver/Orange metro stations at Herndon, Reston, Vienna, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church have plenty of public parking, which is free on weekends and $5 at other times, but switching from Silver/Orange to Yellow/Blue is not very convenient.

No. There is parking at dca (one stop away) but as someone noted that parking is at a premium and often full. Or I guess you could park at van dorn, Huntington, or Franconia then ride 4-5 metro stops back up to Potomac yard.

It would be quite the journey. Especially in cold weather. They are all outdoor stations.

[Anonymous]

Also can you imagine wanting to park at DCA bcs you were leaving town on a short trip and the economy parking is always full because of basketball/hockey games? That would be super annoying m. The DCA garages do not have tons of extra space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We to a game at Cap One Arena today and had a wonderful experience and took Metro from Alexandria. Best part was waiting for the Meto under the arena is fairly warm while protected from the cold wind and other elements by thick cement! Potomac Yards outside platform has none of that...just stand in the dark frigid season long winter nights!! This idea is SOOOOOO stupid!!!

How is the underground King Street metro station?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We to a game at Cap One Arena today and had a wonderful experience and took Metro from Alexandria. Best part was waiting for the Meto under the arena is fairly warm while protected from the cold wind and other elements by thick cement! Potomac Yards outside platform has none of that...just stand in the dark frigid season long winter nights!! This idea is SOOOOOO stupid!!!

How is the underground King Street metro station?

It’s not underground. Also. No parking at all. Just buses and kiss and ride.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Do any stations on the Yellow/Blue lines have large public parking garages?

The Silver/Orange metro stations at Herndon, Reston, Vienna, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church have plenty of public parking, which is free on weekends and $5 at other times, but switching from Silver/Orange to Yellow/Blue is not very convenient.

No. There is parking at dca (one stop away) but as someone noted that parking is at a premium and often full. Or I guess you could park at van dorn, Huntington, or Franconia then ride 4-5 metro stops back up to Potomac yard.

It would be quite the journey. Especially in cold weather. They are all outdoor stations.

The idea that season ticket holders are regularly going to park somewhere and then take the Metro 4-5 stops or take a shuttle bus from some distant parking lot is absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Do any stations on the Yellow/Blue lines have large public parking garages?

The Silver/Orange metro stations at Herndon, Reston, Vienna, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church have plenty of public parking, which is free on weekends and $5 at other times, but switching from Silver/Orange to Yellow/Blue is not very convenient.

No. There is parking at dca (one stop away) but as someone noted that parking is at a premium and often full. Or I guess you could park at van dorn, Huntington, or Franconia then ride 4-5 metro stops back up to Potomac yard.

It would be quite the journey. Especially in cold weather. They are all outdoor stations.

The idea that season ticket holders are regularly going to park somewhere and then take the Metro 4-5 stops or take a shuttle bus from some distant parking lot is absurd.

I park in Arlington and take metro. I like the food choices in Arlington better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Do any stations on the Yellow/Blue lines have large public parking garages?

The Silver/Orange metro stations at Herndon, Reston, Vienna, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church have plenty of public parking, which is free on weekends and $5 at other times, but switching from Silver/Orange to Yellow/Blue is not very convenient.

No. There is parking at dca (one stop away) but as someone noted that parking is at a premium and often full. Or I guess you could park at van dorn, Huntington, or Franconia then ride 4-5 metro stops back up to Potomac yard.

It would be quite the journey. Especially in cold weather. They are all outdoor stations.

The idea that season ticket holders are regularly going to park somewhere and then take the Metro 4-5 stops or take a shuttle bus from some distant parking lot is absurd.

Many if not the majority of existing season ticket holders in Virginia already park at the metro. On game nights, as commuters depart metro parking lots, they fill up with Caps, Wizards, and Nats fans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Do any stations on the Yellow/Blue lines have large public parking garages?

The Silver/Orange metro stations at Herndon, Reston, Vienna, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church have plenty of public parking, which is free on weekends and $5 at other times, but switching from Silver/Orange to Yellow/Blue is not very convenient.

No. There is parking at dca (one stop away) but as someone noted that parking is at a premium and often full. Or I guess you could park at van dorn, Huntington, or Franconia then ride 4-5 metro stops back up to Potomac yard.

It would be quite the journey. Especially in cold weather. They are all outdoor stations.

The idea that season ticket holders are regularly going to park somewhere and then take the Metro 4-5 stops or take a shuttle bus from some distant parking lot is absurd.

Many if not the majority of existing season ticket holders in Virginia already park at the metro. On game nights, as commuters depart metro parking lots, they fill up with Caps, Wizards, and Nats fans.

They park at the station closest to their house and take a direct train to Chinatown in order to have a couple beers and not deal with parking + fighting rush hour traffic. This is what's most convenient for them. They are not being forced into taking the train. If folks are taking a couple kids to the game, they will drive in. There's lots of transportation optionality with Chinatown and we know people love to have options depending on their circumstances that day.

However, another significant percentage of season ticket holders are coming straight from their office in DC to the arena. The Chinatown area has a sh#t-ton of affordable parking for their cars, if that's the option they want to exercise.

With the new Alexandria location, EVERYONE needs to take a train except for the 2500 lucky souls who can get $$$$$ parking at the arena. Everyone else is supposedly required to do remote parking + add a train ride.

People don't like to be forced into inconvenient options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

Do any stations on the Yellow/Blue lines have large public parking garages?

The Silver/Orange metro stations at Herndon, Reston, Vienna, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church have plenty of public parking, which is free on weekends and $5 at other times, but switching from Silver/Orange to Yellow/Blue is not very convenient.

No. There is parking at dca (one stop away) but as someone noted that parking is at a premium and often full. Or I guess you could park at van dorn, Huntington, or Franconia then ride 4-5 metro stops back up to Potomac yard.

It would be quite the journey. Especially in cold weather. They are all outdoor stations.

The idea that season ticket holders are regularly going to park somewhere and then take the Metro 4-5 stops or take a shuttle bus from some distant parking lot is absurd.

Many if not the majority of existing season ticket holders in Virginia already park at the metro. On game nights, as commuters depart metro parking lots, they fill up with Caps, Wizards, and Nats fans.

They park at the station closest to their house and take a direct train to Chinatown in order to have a couple beers and not deal with parking + fighting rush hour traffic. This is what's most convenient for them. They are not being forced into taking the train. If folks are taking a couple kids to the game, they will drive in. There's lots of transportation optionality with Chinatown and we know people love to have options depending on their circumstances that day.

However, another significant percentage of season ticket holders are coming straight from their office in DC to the arena. The Chinatown area has a sh#t-ton of affordable parking for their cars, if that's the option they want to exercise.

With the new Alexandria location, EVERYONE needs to take a train except for the 2500 lucky souls who can get $$$$$ parking at the arena. Everyone else is supposedly required to do remote parking + add a train ride.

People don't like to be forced into inconvenient options.

Your story would be more convincing if the District wasn't complaining about all the empty offices and RTO.