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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So how does Ted go back to Mayor Bowser at this point? He has burned so many bridges with the fans and the city. Maybe he will just sell the teams.[/quote]

He won't go back to Bowser. He'll push this ahead and they'll make it happen in Virginia. I really hope to be proven wrong — I live in D.C. and don't want to see the teams move, and I think it's a bad deal for our neighbors across the river — but I think people who oppose it are being a little quick to declare victory.[/quote]

If they miss this legislative session, they won't be able to get the arena built before the CaptialOne lease expires. So I guess they play i Richmond or Baltimore for a year?[/quote]

I'm sure they can work out a one-year lease extension (at higher rates) if it comes down to that. Or they'll build it sooner. Or they'll go ahead and start construction without the legislative approval. The point is, I bet this thing is going to happen no matter how many people correctly think it shouldn't, and looking at all the ways it could go wrong is just copium for opponents (which, again, to be clear, very much includes me).[/quote]

And why would DC help out Ted in this situation?[/quote]

Why would they not want to take a $100 million payment or so and delay demolition if they have the chance?[/quote]

I doubt $100M is enough.  [/quote]

Well, however much it is — if the arena in Virginia is a year away and he needs a place to play, he'd pay it. [/quote]

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