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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC needs to pass quickly whatever legislation is necessary to fund at least the 500M if not Ted's original request of 600M.  No waiting.  No delays.  No excuses.  No agreement to submit later.  Needs to be passed and signed into DC law.  Funding of course should be conditioned upon the teams staying in DC.[/quote]

They already have all councilmembers and the Mayor on the record with the offer.

The money isn't the issue. Youngkin, an old colleague and friend of Leonsis, was able to secure 70 acres and 2 billion dollars for Ted to move the teams. DC has no land or cash to meet that offer. Of course, the VA State Assembly also has to approve the cash part of Youngkin's offer and small business traditional conservatives and democrats are not interested in giving billionaires cash, so it will be interesting to see how this evolves.

Further, while at the time of the press conference, the Alexandia local politicos seemed to be on board, [b]now that the local residents and others are looking at the reality of moving 20,000+ people in and out of that area hundreds of times per year, the stark facts of the inappropriateness of the site are surfacing[/b].[/quote]

If it's not an arena, it's housing. And  a lot more than 20,000 fit into 70 acres.[/quote]

Not with the transportation issues that site has[/quote]

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