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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

And the Metro trip from most of NoVa to PY will be longer and more crowded than to Capital One Arena.[/quote]

Most of NoVa is on the orange/silver line.  So everyone will have to change on to the blue (or go further and take the yellow) to get to PY.  Waits for the blue line are about 12-15 minutes at rush hour.   Longer after the game ends.

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Asking 10,000-15,000 fans to clear through metro on essentially one line (sure, two) at Potomac Yards after a game as compared to all 6 lines that run through Gallery Place/Metro Center is just crazy.[/quote]

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