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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alexandrian who can literally see the arena site from my TV room, who loves the Target, and who fully supports the arena in PY.  It is a great deal for the City. [/quote]

Reported. The arena site and Target were washed away by the recent torrential rains.[/quote]

I heard the anti-arena Del Ray wine moms were searching the flood waters for Valentine’s Day Stanley cups.

On a serious note, how do these Alexandrians think affordable housing and failing schools are actually paid for?  Do people in Del Ray really want to pay $25k a year in taxes for a duplex that floods?   To me the arena seems like a great way to get taxpayers across the Commonwealth to cover many of the arena’s costs, when Alexandria will see a disproportionate amount of the revenue. If it’s not an arena it will just be more high rise affordable housing units that bring 800 kids into schools, make demands on public safety, and overflow the crumbling roads.

The Arena definitely seems like the good option. [/quote]

The problem is the 2 billion dollars that the residents of Alexandria are liable for if ticket sales and concession sales are not sufficient to meet the obligation.[/quote]

Understandable, but then should the focus be on ensuring these are fair and realistic terms instead of whole cloth objection to the project?  Having lived in the oppressive traffic of Miami, the cries of traffic just mean little to me (and I literally drive route 1 to W. Glebe every day to get home from work). [/quote]

Route 1, as you seem to know, is already bad, right? Now add 12,000 cars between 5:30 and 6:45 on any game night and see how you fare.[/quote]

Can someone point out a traffiic problem that has been fixed in the last 20 years in the DMV?  [/quote]

The I95S HOT lanes did make some improvements. The state is on the hook with Transurban if there isn't enough revenue (Yes, I am aware of the official party line but you know it won't be allowed to go bankrupt.) I imagine it was a close call during the COVID lockdown that wasn't a lockdown.[/quote]

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