Anonymous
Post 01/13/2025 11:33     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?


The business case is all of the development that will happen as a part of the stadium. Also, the NFL wants the stadium in DC. That's why the bill got passed as a standalone.

If you moved around RFK then you should have assumed that a stadium was going to be there.


Just like all the development that happened around FedEx?

Please.

Study after study shows that large stadiums are an absolute boondoggle. And DC has no money to pay for one anyway.

The odds of the stadium being built in the next 5 years are not great.


The MD stadium is in the middle of nowhere. The odds are great b/c the NFL wants it in DC.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2025 11:27     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:I don't really follow NFL football at all, but as a DC native I'm glomming onto this thread to say: Go Commanders! It makes my heart irrationally happy to have them going to the playoffs now that Snyder is gone.

(Bonus shoutout to the DCUM poster who regularly complains that WAMU has stopped covering local teams in favor of women's sports. WAMU is the only reason I know anything about the local men's teams, which I hear about daily.)


+100. I am unashamedly a front-runner and totally happy to support the Commanders and tickled to see all the families decked out in Commanders gear at our local pub.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2025 11:26     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A football team and stadium is an amenity for the region, like parks, museums, and libraries. It isn't just about economic benefits. I'd love love to see the Commanders return to DC.


NFL teams aren’t public goods….. I hope that helps…


a local sports team is absolutely part of a public cultural good that a city is well justified in promoting and supporting, just like the arts and recreation. Hope that helps!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2025 11:25     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?


The business case is all of the development that will happen as a part of the stadium. Also, the NFL wants the stadium in DC. That's why the bill got passed as a standalone.

If you moved around RFK then you should have assumed that a stadium was going to be there.


Just like all the development that happened around FedEx?

Please.

Study after study shows that large stadiums are an absolute boondoggle. And DC has no money to pay for one anyway.

The odds of the stadium being built in the next 5 years are not great.


I expect Alexandria to make a bid to home the team in Potomac Yard. That will drive a bidding war between the two governments with money neither has.


No I think people in Alexandria have seen this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwJt4bcnXs

And it’s weird you haven’t.



lol get out of your teeny, tiny bubble.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2025 11:23     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
I don't really follow NFL football at all, but as a DC native I'm glomming onto this thread to say: Go Commanders! It makes my heart irrationally happy to have them going to the playoffs now that Snyder is gone.

(Bonus shoutout to the DCUM poster who regularly complains that WAMU has stopped covering local teams in favor of women's sports. WAMU is the only reason I know anything about the local men's teams, which I hear about daily.)
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2025 22:26     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:A football team and stadium is an amenity for the region, like parks, museums, and libraries. It isn't just about economic benefits. I'd love love to see the Commanders return to DC.


NFL teams aren’t public goods….. I hope that helps…
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2025 18:51     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?


The business case is all of the development that will happen as a part of the stadium. Also, the NFL wants the stadium in DC. That's why the bill got passed as a standalone.

If you moved around RFK then you should have assumed that a stadium was going to be there.


Except that the development never happens.

The only economic benefit is the donations from the team and their wealthy owners to local politicians. That’s it. No money for the neighborhood or the city other than the bill.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwJt4bcnXs



Anonymous
Post 01/12/2025 18:49     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?


The business case is all of the development that will happen as a part of the stadium. Also, the NFL wants the stadium in DC. That's why the bill got passed as a standalone.

If you moved around RFK then you should have assumed that a stadium was going to be there.


Just like all the development that happened around FedEx?

Please.

Study after study shows that large stadiums are an absolute boondoggle. And DC has no money to pay for one anyway.

The odds of the stadium being built in the next 5 years are not great.


I expect Alexandria to make a bid to home the team in Potomac Yard. That will drive a bidding war between the two governments with money neither has.


No I think people in Alexandria have seen this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwJt4bcnXs

And it’s weird you haven’t.

Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 11:14     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?


The business case is all of the development that will happen as a part of the stadium. Also, the NFL wants the stadium in DC. That's why the bill got passed as a standalone.

If you moved around RFK then you should have assumed that a stadium was going to be there.


Just like all the development that happened around FedEx?

Please.

Study after study shows that large stadiums are an absolute boondoggle. And DC has no money to pay for one anyway.

The odds of the stadium being built in the next 5 years are not great.


I expect Alexandria to make a bid to home the team in Potomac Yard. That will drive a bidding war between the two governments with money neither has.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 10:59     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
As far away from me as possible.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 10:58     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?


The business case is all of the development that will happen as a part of the stadium. Also, the NFL wants the stadium in DC. That's why the bill got passed as a standalone.

If you moved around RFK then you should have assumed that a stadium was going to be there.


Just like all the development that happened around FedEx?

Please.

Study after study shows that large stadiums are an absolute boondoggle. And DC has no money to pay for one anyway.

The odds of the stadium being built in the next 5 years are not great.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 10:49     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?


The business case is all of the development that will happen as a part of the stadium. Also, the NFL wants the stadium in DC. That's why the bill got passed as a standalone.

If you moved around RFK then you should have assumed that a stadium was going to be there.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2025 09:34     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?


Politicians make their living from scamming voters.

But it’s not easy for them to mislead voters on the economics of stadiums as it once was.

Even with all of the success the Chiefs have had in recent years, the voters of Kansas City, MO resoundingly defeated a ballot initiative to public finance a new football stadium.

https://apnews.com/article/chiefs-royals-kansas-city-stadiums-e9605296b85e91699441e4ba10e83212
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 11:54     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Come to my neighborhood. I do not care at all about football, never watch, think it's dumb the way people run to watch these gladiator fights where the players smash and bash their brains to smithereens. I don't want the noise, the traffic, the fans, the trash -- any of it.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 11:39     Subject: Which would you hate more: Commanders leave DC, or Commanders stadium in your neighborhood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's DC's justification for this stadium?


That it will make tons of money for the city.


It definitely will not, stadiums almost never make money for cities.


Then how city councils and administrators make the business case for it?