Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$75 for parking and $731 hotel rates are not conservative.

Wow. I have never paid $75 for parking at Nats Park, Capital One Arena, or Audit Field, all of which I have driven to. I rarely pay even $37.50. Maybe, the idea is to discourage driving, which of course will discourage many of us and certainly will discourage taking several kids to PY.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$75 for parking and $731 hotel rates are not conservative.

Some of the appeal of shopping at Potomac Yard is the plentiful free parking. Paying $75? That's insane.

[Anonymous]

Can’t wait to surprise my GF with a luxury staycation at Potomac Yards at just $750/night!

[Anonymous]

Senator Lucas is not happy. Replying All to an email with VA Press and State Officials.

https://twitter.com/Jaaavis/status/1768351328718270908

"The Glenn Dome is done. I kicked his ass before and will do it again if it raises its ugly head"

[Anonymous]

Via tonight’s eyewitness news, the governor is working on a plan to resurrect the plan in the budget. Says it will happen one way or the other and he’s not worried.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Via tonight’s eyewitness news, the governor is working on a plan to resurrect the plan in the budget. Says it will happen one way or the other and he’s not worried.

He is going to have to explain how people will pay 75 dollars to part at an event or 3x the going rate for a hotel room that is otherwise not nearly as convenient as the ones by the airport.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure that tax-free bonds are somehow in the mix. Those bonds are the golden goose that makes everyone happy: the developers who get low cost money for their project, the big banks that enjoy decades of fees and the investors who avoid paying taxes.

It's a win for everyone who's not a sucker (note: you might be the sucker)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Via tonight’s eyewitness news, the governor is working on a plan to resurrect the plan in the budget. Says it will happen one way or the other and he’s not worried.

The governor may be a good business man, but he is a terrible politician. I can't think of anything controversial that he's managed to get passed

[Anonymous]

Any Republican that votes for the arena is clearly not a fiscal conservative.

Any Democrat that votes for the arena is clearly an absolute moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Via tonight’s eyewitness news, the governor is working on a plan to resurrect the plan in the budget. Says it will happen one way or the other and he’s not worried.

The governor may be a good business man, but he is a terrible politician. I can't think of anything controversial that he's managed to get passed

LOL he was fired from Carlyle for failing to make deals (that's why he went into politics), and "failed up" into his Co-CEO role. That place has been a mess since the original founders left.

[Anonymous]

The numbers here are simply BS. The $75 parking fee is bizarre and far outstrips the other local arenas and stadiums. The $751 hotel rate is well above what is readily available at other high end hotels. On both parking and hotels, PY will be 1-2 Metro stops from Braddock Road, King St Metro, Crystal City, and Pentagon City, all of which will end up providing cheaper parking and hotels. On 221 events a year, including 133 concerts and other events, does Ted really think PY will attract all of the local concerts and events. I have serious questions about the regional demand for another concert venue. So, ignoring the venues in DC and Maryland, Ted plans to take concerts away from GMU, Wolf Trap, Jiffy Lube Live, Filene Center, and Birchmere (latter being the best of all of them). Moreover, the clear implication here is that he will pull events from his other 2 DC arenas, including Capital One Arena, and eventually including the Mystics and his other teams. Ted is simply being intellectually dishonest when he claims that PY frees up Capital One to attract other events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The numbers here are simply BS. The $75 parking fee is bizarre and far outstrips the other local arenas and stadiums. The $751 hotel rate is well above what is readily available at other high end hotels. On both parking and hotels, PY will be 1-2 Metro stops from Braddock Road, King St Metro, Crystal City, and Pentagon City, all of which will end up providing cheaper parking and hotels. On 221 events a year, including 133 concerts and other events, does Ted really think PY will attract all of the local concerts and events. I have serious questions about the regional demand for another concert venue. So, ignoring the venues in DC and Maryland, Ted plans to take concerts away from GMU, Wolf Trap, Jiffy Lube Live, Filene Center, and Birchmere (latter being the best of all of them). Moreover, the clear implication here is that he will pull events from his other 2 DC arenas, including Capital One Arena, and eventually including the Mystics and his other teams. Ted is simply being intellectually dishonest when he claims that PY frees up Capital One to attract other events.

I'm curious. By the time the new arena would open, do you think parking and hotel room prices will have gone down in area, remained the same, or increased?

[Anonymous]

If you live in Potomac Yards, Del Ray, Rosemont or off of Slaters and didn't oppose the arena then, you should now because guess where people who don't want to pay $75 to park will park?!

BTW the parking for Nats games has gotten insane. We used to park underneath the Salt Line for about $30, then during covid the surface lots across from the stadium playground entrance (2 HUGE lots) were developed into high rises and now we can't find anywhere to park less than $60. $75 is right around the corner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The numbers here are simply BS. The $75 parking fee is bizarre and far outstrips the other local arenas and stadiums. The $751 hotel rate is well above what is readily available at other high end hotels. On both parking and hotels, PY will be 1-2 Metro stops from Braddock Road, King St Metro, Crystal City, and Pentagon City, all of which will end up providing cheaper parking and hotels. On 221 events a year, including 133 concerts and other events, does Ted really think PY will attract all of the local concerts and events. I have serious questions about the regional demand for another concert venue. So, ignoring the venues in DC and Maryland, Ted plans to take concerts away from GMU, Wolf Trap, Jiffy Lube Live, Filene Center, and Birchmere (latter being the best of all of them). Moreover, the clear implication here is that he will pull events from his other 2 DC arenas, including Capital One Arena, and eventually including the Mystics and his other teams. Ted is simply being intellectually dishonest when he claims that PY frees up Capital One to attract other events.

I'm curious. By the time the new arena would open, do you think parking and hotel room prices will have gone down in area, remained the same, or increased?

It doesn't matter.

PY is logistically so hard to for most of the people who would attend the games of concerts that many will simply find something else to do. And the hotel is laughable. Other than the teams who might be forced to stay there, there is no demand for another hotel in that area. Otehrs are closer to the airport or Old Town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you live in Potomac Yards, Del Ray, Rosemont or off of Slaters and didn't oppose the arena then, you should now because guess where people who don't want to pay $75 to park will park?!

BTW the parking for Nats games has gotten insane. We used to park underneath the Salt Line for about $30, then during covid the surface lots across from the stadium playground entrance (2 HUGE lots) were developed into high rises and now we can't find anywhere to park less than $60. $75 is right around the corner.

Aren’t there a lot of cheap surface lots near the Audi Field soccer complex?