Will the Nats be the next team to flee across the river?

[Anonymous]

Baseball parks have migrated INTO cities, not the burbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Baseball parks have migrated INTO cities, not the burbs.

Yes. And when city crime rates rise and it’s no longer reasonably safe to travel to said parks, they’ll migrate right back INTO the burbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lease has 15 years to go, so not worth speculating on for a long time.

Speculation is what successful VC firms do. That’s just about the right amount of time to acquire enough disassociated parcels and lots around various possible stadium locations to make a tidy profit when the time comes to sell them to other developers. In the meantime you’re still generating income from the tenet businesses.

Frankly I’m shocked anyone here doesn’t understand how VC works.

Shocked you think VC is real estate speculation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baseball parks have migrated INTO cities, not the burbs.

Yes. And when city crime rates rise and it’s no longer reasonably safe to travel to said parks, they’ll migrate right back INTO the burbs.

Rates of violent crime and property crime are both going down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Y'all are going to be so unhappy if all of these bad things you prophesy don't happen.

The Nats will be here at least another 15 years, but the general business exodus is well underway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baseball parks have migrated INTO cities, not the burbs.

Yes. And when city crime rates rise and it’s no longer reasonably safe to travel to said parks, they’ll migrate right back INTO the burbs.

Rates of violent crime and property crime are both going down.

Wrong. Violent crime up 40% in DC compared to last year. Overall crime rate up 27%.

Maybe educate yourself before posting again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baseball parks have migrated INTO cities, not the burbs.

Yes. And when city crime rates rise and it’s no longer reasonably safe to travel to said parks, they’ll migrate right back INTO the burbs.

Rates of violent crime and property crime are both going down.

How can you be so unknowledgeable and ill-informed to think this is true?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lease has 15 years to go, so not worth speculating on for a long time.

Speculation is what successful VC firms do. That’s just about the right amount of time to acquire enough disassociated parcels and lots around various possible stadium locations to make a tidy profit when the time comes to sell them to other developers. In the meantime you’re still generating income from the tenet businesses.

Frankly I’m shocked anyone here doesn’t understand how VC works.

Shocked you think VC is real estate speculation.

I’m shocked you think all VC firms would exclude themselves from real estate speculation. I guess you don’t know as much about the business as you thought you did, huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baseball parks have migrated INTO cities, not the burbs.

Yes. And when city crime rates rise and it’s no longer reasonably safe to travel to said parks, they’ll migrate right back INTO the burbs.

Rates of violent crime and property crime are both going down.

Not in DC they aren’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lease has 15 years to go, so not worth speculating on for a long time.

Speculation is what successful VC firms do. That’s just about the right amount of time to acquire enough disassociated parcels and lots around various possible stadium locations to make a tidy profit when the time comes to sell them to other developers. In the meantime you’re still generating income from the tenet businesses.

Frankly I’m shocked anyone here doesn’t understand how VC works.

Shocked you think VC is real estate speculation.

I’m shocked you think all VC firms would exclude themselves from real estate speculation. I guess you don’t know as much about the business as you thought you did, huh?

+1 I used to consult for a VC group who’s sole interest was long term real estate speculation and leveraging.

This place. It’s laughable all the “experts” who don’t know anything other than what their own little cog in a machine does.

[Anonymous]

I’d say there’s a fair shot Montreal gets its team back. There’s a lot of support for a new stadium there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d say there’s a fair shot Montreal gets its team back. There’s a lot of support for a new stadium there.

I would say it’s equally possible the Nats will leave for Charlotte or Nashville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Baseball parks have migrated INTO cities, not the burbs.

The newest parks are the braves and rangers neither of which is downtown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d say there’s a fair shot Montreal gets its team back. There’s a lot of support for a new stadium there.

I would say it’s equally possible the Nats will leave for Charlotte or Nashville.

More likely would be Os to Nashville

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d say there’s a fair shot Montreal gets its team back. There’s a lot of support for a new stadium there.

I would say it’s equally possible the Nats will leave for Charlotte or Nashville.

More likely would be Os to Nashville

The O’s aren’t being offloaded by their owner or having their roster gutted.