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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drove to Caps game last night from inner MD burbs.  Left at 630 for 730 game.  Arrived early.  Was back at home by 11 pm, having watched the Caps prevail in OT.  4.5 hours.  If Caps move to PY, 4.5 becomes 5.5 hours at best, with the end result that I will not be attending Caps games in PY.[/quote]

Guess VA will have to do without those inner MD dollars! Enjoy those Bethesda restaurants then.[/quote]

If you think the team will sell enough tickets just from people who live in Alexandria, Potomac Yards, Del Ray and Pentagon City, you will be in for a surprise when the debt service on the bonds that comes from ticket sales and concession taxes doesn't cover the nut and taxpayers are left holding the bag.[/quote]

I think much of the shock and disbelief being expressed by DC residents and electeds stems from the fact that most of this crowd have never spent time in NOVA other than a Silver Line trip to IAD.  There is a tremendously wealthy, highly educated, law abiding, and yes, diverse population in NOVA that any sports team owner salivate over.  The traffic hurdles are real, but with funding and planning they can be addressed.  [/quote]

Please name me a traffic problem that has been solved in the DMV in the last 30 years.  Yes, I expect that Ted and a few politicians will hold at some point a press conference announcing "a well thought out plan" to resolve the traffic issues.  My reply will be BS![/quote]

Given the physical constraints of this location it’s impossible to fix.

The best you’ll get is parking offsite with a shuttle.  The question is: how many people are really going to put up with that extra hassle. [/quote]

A shuttle will add at least another 20 minutes to the half-hour minimum each way I described below.[/quote]

I guess all the investors and Alexandria City analysts have no idea what they are talking about. How could they miss that no one in MD, DC, or NoVA will go to Alexandria for a game? Guess next time they should ask anonymous forum posters from MD what they think will happen.

In reality, Arlington and Alexandria are full of parked cars with DC and MD plates regardless of traffic concerns. Even Wizards fans from La Plata will be driving in.[/quote]

This is par for the course in DC.  Over educated residents with no actual experience in the real world lecturing [b]a tech and sports titan about business[/b].  Same thing happened when over 100 small businesses on Connecticut Ave wrote the mayor in opposition to the bike lane project only to be drowned out by that screams of a dozen or so socialists and nonprofit workers who apparently are also closeted MBAs.  These people have no self awareness.  [/quote]

AOL and the Wizards? He's great at selling crappy products. Have you been to his sports book lately? It's flat out depressing. The one saving grace of Ted owned teams moving is that attendance is so low that traffic won't be impacted too much. Thank god Ovi will be retired and the last of the bandwagon fans will be on their way out by the time it opens [/quote]

How many people in this country own two professional sports teams and a WNBA franchise?  Probably can count them on one hand.[/quote]

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