Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
A football team and stadium is an amenity for the region, like parks, museums, and libraries.

You must be joking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately they already gerrymandered the crap out of Hill East so that the RFK site is in a thin strip of Ward 7 instead of 6. Since most W7 residents are EOTR, they will happily support a new stadium because they're far away from all the negative effects that capitol hill residents nextdoor in W6 will have to suffer.

Kind of a genius political move if you think about it...

More than 12,000 residents in Hill East-Ward 7 between Benning Road and Potomac Avenue isn’t quite the “gerrymander” you seem to believe. (What would you have cut from Ward 6 in addition to much of Navy Yard that became Ward 8?) And as it turns out almost three years later that it’s now the Trumpiest voting precinct in DC!

Regardless, the differences in impact for residents on the east and west sides of 15th Street are de minimis if you lived here while there were games at RFK, which at a capacity of only 56,500 was then the second smallest venue in the NFL.

[Anonymous]

Redskins. Please stop with the offensive C-Word.

[Anonymous]

Commanders in DC. I want the tax revenue here.

The nation’s capitol should have a world class events stadium.

-DC residents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Redskins. Please stop with the offensive C-Word.

😂😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Commanders in DC. I want the tax revenue here.

The nation’s capitol should have a world class events stadium.

-DC residents

You don’t speak for DC residents any more than I, also a DC resident, does.

An NFL stadium would almost certainly be a losing proposition for DC taxpayers. We will end up spending much more on the stadium than we will get back.

Nationals Park and (the soon-to-be-renovated at public expense) CapitolOne Arena are very much world class and serve the city fine when it comes to events.

There are ample better uses for the RFK footprint that will actually improve the quality of life for DC residents while not throwing an albatross around the neck of the city finances.

[Anonymous]

They play what, 7 or 8 home games there a year? You'd need to find other events to go in the stadium. And given the saturation of stadiums in the DMV, I'm skeptical. Hence why football stadiums particularly are a losing proposition, without some other events they sit empty and don't do anything.

[Anonymous]

Anyone comparing how often a baseball stadium is used in comparison to a football stadium shouldn’t be taken seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Redskins. Please stop with the offensive C-Word.

Hear! Hear!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd hate the Commanders stadium in my neighborhood more, no question.

Same. The way we are already fighting for parking

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of DC residents are hoping for a “great park” at the RFK site with meadows, lakes, notice shade trees, trails, etc. Maybe some new housing along the edges.

If a stadium is built there, it should be a partially underground “bowl” stadium surrounded by parks and trees. There should be no parking for fans at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of DC residents are hoping for a “great park” at the RFK site with meadows, lakes, notice shade trees, trails, etc. Maybe some new housing along the edges.

If a stadium is built there, it should be a partially underground “bowl” stadium surrounded by parks and trees. There should be no parking for fans at all.

How do they do a partially underground bowl stadium in a flood zone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Commanders in DC. I want the tax revenue here.

The nation’s capitol should have a world class events stadium.

-DC residents

What tax revenue? It’ll all be earmarked to go to the stadium.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A football team and stadium is an amenity for the region, like parks, museums, and libraries. It isn't just about economic benefits. I'd love love to see the Commanders return to DC.

I grew up in the area when the team was good (they won multiple Super Bowls before I graduated HS), and I live in D.C. now, and I don't think the team or the stadium is amenity that we need at all. Especially not if we have to pay for it. For the entire time Dan Snyder owned the team, it actively lowered quality of life in the region. Now they're not run quite as ineptly, but I would hardly say it's essential that we keep an NFL franchise. If the team wants a new stadium, let the team pay for it.

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