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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually don’t hate this idea [b]if they can figure out the logistics of moving people in and out without cars.[/b] The land is contaminated and not suitable for housing. It will bring large scale stadium concerts back into DC - eg, Taylor Swift and Coldplay. It would anchor a slew of new development on the waterfront.

I think the big issue is how to get people to/from the stadium. You can’t do car there, it would basically shut down the entire SE quadrant every time there was an event. It would be a security nightmare.

Maybe a dedicated underground train from a remote parking lot? [/quote]

You obviously know nothing about football. Show me one football stadium that is public transit oriented. For many fans the whole point of game day is to get drunk in the parking lot with all your buddies. If they bring it to RFK, we'll have a giant mess of 80,000 cars cramming into the same small neighborhood.[/quote]

[b]The deal should be a stadium at Poplar Point in exchange for putting I-695, I-395, I-295 and DC 295 all underground[/b] (a la The Big Dig) so that all those cars - and the hundreds of thousands of others that drive through DC on a daily basis - can do so without being so much as seen by DC residents. Anacostia could reclaim its waterfront and the city would gain tens of square miles of new land.[/quote]

Team would flee to VA or MD immediately if DC tried any $15 billion baloney like that.[/quote]

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