RFK Stadium home of the Commanders?

[Anonymous]

Our city is going to get fleeced so badly by these billionaires. It will be a business school case study at how badly Muriel and the Council got rolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL most of Congress wants to see games when their home team is in town.

This is a done deal.

as a Hill East resident, I’m not against this! I think there’s still plenty of room for open space/fields as long as they aren’t allowed to take up all the space with parking. everyone can metro or take special buses down E Cap.

I agree with your priorities but do you really think that team's suburban fan base is going to take special buses? It's going to be an ocean of asphalt surrounding a mostly-empty concrete donut.

The mostly suburban fan base was taking Metro to RFK when DC was way scarier than it is now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL most of Congress wants to see games when their home team is in town.

This is a done deal.

as a Hill East resident, I’m not against this! I think there’s still plenty of room for open space/fields as long as they aren’t allowed to take up all the space with parking. everyone can metro or take special buses down E Cap.

I agree with your priorities but do you really think that team's suburban fan base is going to take special buses? It's going to be an ocean of asphalt surrounding a mostly-empty concrete donut.

The mostly suburban fan base was taking Metro to RFK when DC was way scarier than it is now.

Who was using those parking lots around the stadium?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL most of Congress wants to see games when their home team is in town.

This is a done deal.

as a Hill East resident, I’m not against this! I think there’s still plenty of room for open space/fields as long as they aren’t allowed to take up all the space with parking. everyone can metro or take special buses down E Cap.

I agree with your priorities but do you really think that team's suburban fan base is going to take special buses? It's going to be an ocean of asphalt surrounding a mostly-empty concrete donut.

The mostly suburban fan base was taking Metro to RFK when DC was way scarier than it is now.

As well as when it was used for Nats games before the new stadium opened. And even now for all sorts of other events on the surrounding grounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL most of Congress wants to see games when their home team is in town.

This is a done deal.

as a Hill East resident, I’m not against this! I think there’s still plenty of room for open space/fields as long as they aren’t allowed to take up all the space with parking. everyone can metro or take special buses down E Cap.

I agree with your priorities but do you really think that team's suburban fan base is going to take special buses? It's going to be an ocean of asphalt surrounding a mostly-empty concrete donut.

The mostly suburban fan base was taking Metro to RFK when DC was way scarier than it is now.

As well as when it was used for Nats games before the new stadium opened. And even now for all sorts of other events on the surrounding grounds.

Did the parking lots sit empty until it was time for Truck Touch?

[Anonymous]

No matter the official name is, no matter where they play, they will always be the Washington Redskins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL most of Congress wants to see games when their home team is in town.

This is a done deal.

as a Hill East resident, I’m not against this! I think there’s still plenty of room for open space/fields as long as they aren’t allowed to take up all the space with parking. everyone can metro or take special buses down E Cap.

I agree with your priorities but do you really think that team's suburban fan base is going to take special buses? It's going to be an ocean of asphalt surrounding a mostly-empty concrete donut.

National’s Park isn’t like that.

[Anonymous]

Colossal waste of a urban space that will sit empty 330 days a year or more. I know our idiot leaders will fall for the grift just like so many cities have before, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colossal waste of a urban space that will sit empty 330 days a year or more. I know our idiot leaders will fall for the grift just like so many cities have before, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

They’re going to have to fall for it because RTO has fizzled and the District needs the income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colossal waste of a urban space that will sit empty 330 days a year or more. I know our idiot leaders will fall for the grift just like so many cities have before, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

They’re going to have to fall for it because RTO has fizzled and the District needs the income.

All of the jurisdictions want the income. DC can build housing and get the income.

It's coming back to DC because the owners want it to. I don't think we will provide all of the funding to build it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colossal waste of a urban space that will sit empty 330 days a year or more. I know our idiot leaders will fall for the grift just like so many cities have before, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

They’re going to have to fall for it because RTO has fizzled and the District needs the income.

The stadium will cost the city money, not provide income. They will be on the hook for infrastructure bonds and improvements even if the team nominally funds the stadium and most teams get a very large cut of the tax revenue generated by the stadium as part of their deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colossal waste of a urban space that will sit empty 330 days a year or more. I know our idiot leaders will fall for the grift just like so many cities have before, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

They’re going to have to fall for it because RTO has fizzled and the District needs the income.

The stadium will cost the city money, not provide income. They will be on the hook for infrastructure bonds and improvements even if the team nominally funds the stadium and most teams get a very large cut of the tax revenue generated by the stadium as part of their deal

It’s a done deal. There’s bipartisan support. Move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colossal waste of a urban space that will sit empty 330 days a year or more. I know our idiot leaders will fall for the grift just like so many cities have before, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

They’re going to have to fall for it because RTO has fizzled and the District needs the income.

The stadium will cost the city money, not provide income. They will be on the hook for infrastructure bonds and improvements even if the team nominally funds the stadium and most teams get a very large cut of the tax revenue generated by the stadium as part of their deal

It’s a done deal. There’s bipartisan support. Move on.

Yep. Our bumbling Mayor and Council are going to look so stupid negotiating with the pros. We do need to just bend over and accept it because it is happening.

[Anonymous]

No way is it a done deal considering everything that would have to come together

[Anonymous]

Redskins deserve a new stadium. Tear down RFK and build a new stadium. Keep the field the same. HTTR!!!