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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid plays travel sports and we were (gratefully) supposed to play at home this weekend at the turf field across from Union Market.  The Virginia based team we were supposed to play just canceled on us.  Their coach said the parents felt unsafe about spend 5 hours in that location.   Can’t say I blame them after what happened there.  That’s probably a loss of $1000 for the shops at Union Market.  It’s just one anecdotal example, but I’m sure it will happen more and more. [/quote]
I don’t blame them either. I’m in a VA exurb and I can see being concerned about the logistics of a game at that location. What is the parking situation, how far would we have to walk to get to the field, where would we be walking through to get to the field. The city has a built in revenue stream from the people that live there, but there should be concern about the perception that many places in DC are not safe to walk around in, even in broad daylight, and the impact that has on drawing non-residents in to spend their money.[/quote]

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