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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

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Do any stations on the Yellow/Blue lines have large public parking garages?

The Silver/Orange metro stations at Herndon, Reston, Vienna, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church have plenty of public parking, which is free on weekends and $5 at other times, but switching from Silver/Orange to Yellow/Blue is not very convenient.[/quote]

No.  There is parking at dca (one stop away) but as someone noted that parking is at a premium and often full. Or I guess you could park at van dorn, Huntington, or Franconia then ride 4-5 metro stops back up to Potomac yard.

It would be quite the journey.  Especially in cold weather.  They are all outdoor stations. [/quote]

The idea that season ticket holders are regularly going to park somewhere and then take the Metro 4-5 stops or take a shuttle bus from some distant parking lot is absurd.[/quote]
Many if not the majority of existing season ticket holders in Virginia already park at the metro.  On game nights, as commuters depart metro parking lots, they fill up with Caps, Wizards, and Nats fans.[/quote]

Most of the MD and DC fans walk or drive to a metro station, take the metro as a non-transfer 20 minute ride, go to the game and reverse after. The metro clears out in 15 minutes given the location and ability to pocket park extra trains that are released soon after the final horn.

For this location, that will not be possible. Any fan in DC or MD will have a 25 minute longer metro commute, minimum, and if they have to transfer, it is even more, so that is adding an hour or so, minimum, to the game experience. for those Tuesday night games against Phoenix, that is a tall order to put on a caps fan.  And wizards fans won't even make the trip. That will be a lost cause.  For fans like me, who have been ticket holders since the Capital Centre and the move downtown, this move will also be a non-starter. We have already notified the ticket office of our plans not to renew.[/quote]

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