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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh. PY is still in the core DC metro area. It isn’t like it’s eastern Purceville, VA or Clarksburg, MD. It will still be Metro accessible too. Big economic loss for DC though, but it’s government doesn’t really care about businesses or their patrons. [/quote]

I think you are underestimating how much longer it will take people who aren't in the Shirlington-Alexandira area to access Potomac Yards.

Gallery Place literally sits on 3 metro lines and is a block from two others. That is a far cry from being on the edge of two lines with a solid 25 minuts of travel time to get to the other lines with a transfer.  Add to it the lack of road capacity at Potomac Yards and lack of ability for expansion. The Parkway cannot be widened and they cannot add an exit there to the arena area, so drivers will need to come down Route 1 through Crystal City or else come back on Rt 1 from the Parkway south.  It is a very constrained area from a regional perspective, which is very different from Gallery Place, particularly when you consider that people driving to downtown were usually going against rush hour traffic, whereas people going to Potomac Yards will be mixed in with Rush Hour traffic.

I just don't see people from NW DC, Montgomery County, Howard County and the parts of PG near College Park and Hyattsville making the trek. Sure they may be some from the Oxen Hill area who can take the Beltway and come north, but that isn't a huge part of the game-supporting population.[/quote]

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