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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's currently all park-type area.  My biggest concern, apart from loss of waterfront park would be the traffic.  If they can ensure primary game-day traffic is well managed and routed primarily on 295/395 then maybe.  They definitely dropped the ball with Audi Field on traffic management and logistics.  Big international games at Audi DC are a complete nightmare in SWDC and if there were an emergency and ambulances or fire equipment needed to get in, forget about it.[/quote]

Poplar Point is not a park. It’s literally wasteland. Look at Google streetview. There was a chemical contamination issue there that I assume has been resolved. The site is big enough for the stadium and a riverfront park, but I think it’d only be worth doing if the city and the feds agree to put a good chunk of 295 / 395 underground so that game day traffic doesn’t mess with surface traffic and - more importantly - to remove the massive blight that that highway imposed on EOTR communities by cutting them off from the river.[/quote]

Are you thinking of the right area? Because 395 doesn't come close to Poplar Point.[/quote]

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