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This definitely opens up Baltimore’s middle branch area right off 95 for an NHL arena. I think they would rather have NHL than nba [/quote]

An NHL team near Camden Yards would be an easier drive for MoCo and PGC residents than the drive to Potomac Yards.  
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Horsesh*t. Never mnd the fact that Alexandria is widely considered to "DC", given, you know, the fact that it's all of a little jog from the city proper. Camden yards is....... Baltimore.

Your agument is getting more pathetic with each page.[/quote]

No, Alexandria is Alexandria, and not DC. No one in Alexandria says they are from DC or live in DC and no one in DC considers anything across the river to be DC.

The main problem is, Alexandria is in one corner of the metropolitan region. An arena like this that serves the fans of the region should be accessible to the region, and this location isn't. It's Ted's team to do as he pleases, but he is thumbing any goodwill he has had at 2/3 of his fan base with this move.[/quote]

What is missing here is that the issue really is NOT between NoVa and DC/MD.  The only beneficiaries of this proposed move reside in Alexandria.  The move does not benefit those who live in Great Falls, Falls Church, Loudoun County, Reston, etc.[/quote]

It also benefits Fairfax County. You might have heard of it. [/quote]

Thanks for proving the prior point.  The drive from McLean Metro to PY is longer in distance and time than the drive from McLean Metro to Capital One Arena.  17 miles to 13 miles.  22 to 20 minutes.  And that small differential does not take into account the traffic congestion at PY.   But, perhaps, those wealthy McLean residents will use the parking lot shuttle (not) or take the Metro (also longer in time, not).  The simple fact is that Route 1 has only limited access.  This is no a NoVa versus issue.    
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If 2 minutes is the deal breaker for you, I don't know to tell you. FYI, we don't all live in McLean. Yes, I know you heard of McLean from a friend, but Fairfax County has about a million other residents. [/quote]

That is 2 minutes in rote time, not rush hour time.[/quote]

Ummm, does Gallery Place have some protectivew bubble around it during rush hour? Is it immune from traffic or does traffic only exist in Potomac Yards?[/quote]

You are going against rush hour from fairfax to gallery place at 6:15/6:30.[/quote]

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