Anonymous
01/29/2024 17:33
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ok so tease that out. Metro doesn't exist in 4 years. There is an arena with events 220+ nights per year, many/most of them on weeknights.
Exactly how will people get there, given the location and lack of ability to expand any roads?
So given people won't attend, because it is so hard to get to, attendance (thus revenues from ticket sales) and concessions sales (due to lower attendance) do not meet the rosy projections that underpin the bonding for this project.
Guess who picks up the tab? The teams? No. Ted Leonsis? No. Glenn Youngkin? No.
It will be the taxpayers of Alexandria.
Correct. And the taxpayers of Alexandria want and support this. Just like they wanted and supported the abolishment of single family zoning. And they are going to get what they want.
Alexandria taxpayers want to be saddled with a 3 billion dollar liability?
No. Alexandria taxpayers definitely do not want to be saddled with $3b tax liability. But. It will be all Virginia taxpayers saddled with $3b.
So that will be the end of the Democrats holding the legislature.
Also. The cost will not stop at the bonds. The wastewater bills are going to explode. It astonishes me that people never understand why some riverfront property with views of dc has never been developed.
Why would the democrats support this? It is a billionaire initiative underpinning Youngkin's legacy as governor. Why would they give this to Youngkin?
The Democratic party is the party of the rich.
Anonymous
01/29/2024 17:32
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ok so tease that out. Metro doesn't exist in 4 years. There is an arena with events 220+ nights per year, many/most of them on weeknights.
Exactly how will people get there, given the location and lack of ability to expand any roads?
So given people won't attend, because it is so hard to get to, attendance (thus revenues from ticket sales) and concessions sales (due to lower attendance) do not meet the rosy projections that underpin the bonding for this project.
Guess who picks up the tab? The teams? No. Ted Leonsis? No. Glenn Youngkin? No.
It will be the taxpayers of Alexandria.
Correct. And the taxpayers of Alexandria want and support this. Just like they wanted and supported the abolishment of single family zoning. And they are going to get what they want.
Alexandria taxpayers want to be saddled with a 3 billion dollar liability?
Yes. Because their guy Wilson and the rest of city council told them everything is going to be great. No one will lose an election over this. Alexandria voters do exactly what they are told to do and believe by a guy who has a low level political patronage job at Amtrak.
Anonymous
01/29/2024 17:21
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
It's cute that you think metro will be around in four years.
You don't really believe Metro will not be operating in four years, do you?
It might be operating but it will be under new ownership and mostly for tourists.
New ownership? Who will own Metro?
Probably a private transportation company that is willing to operate metro as the tourist attraction it has become. Who runs the HOT, mostly toll, lanes?
Anonymous
01/29/2024 16:19
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ok so tease that out. Metro doesn't exist in 4 years. There is an arena with events 220+ nights per year, many/most of them on weeknights.
Exactly how will people get there, given the location and lack of ability to expand any roads?
So given people won't attend, because it is so hard to get to, attendance (thus revenues from ticket sales) and concessions sales (due to lower attendance) do not meet the rosy projections that underpin the bonding for this project.
Guess who picks up the tab? The teams? No. Ted Leonsis? No. Glenn Youngkin? No.
It will be the taxpayers of Alexandria.
Correct. And the taxpayers of Alexandria want and support this. Just like they wanted and supported the abolishment of single family zoning. And they are going to get what they want.
Alexandria taxpayers want to be saddled with a 3 billion dollar liability?
No. Alexandria taxpayers definitely do not want to be saddled with $3b tax liability. But. It will be all Virginia taxpayers saddled with $3b.
So that will be the end of the Democrats holding the legislature.
Also. The cost will not stop at the bonds. The wastewater bills are going to explode. It astonishes me that people never understand why some riverfront property with views of dc has never been developed.
Why would the democrats support this? It is a billionaire initiative underpinning Youngkin's legacy as governor. Why would they give this to Youngkin?
It is a hard sell politically for a politician in Virginia to say they are against bringing the Capitals and Wizards over from DC. The mechanics of how it will work, and details like funding and transportation, don’t matter to most of the voting public.
Anonymous
01/29/2024 15:35
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ok so tease that out. Metro doesn't exist in 4 years. There is an arena with events 220+ nights per year, many/most of them on weeknights.
Exactly how will people get there, given the location and lack of ability to expand any roads?
So given people won't attend, because it is so hard to get to, attendance (thus revenues from ticket sales) and concessions sales (due to lower attendance) do not meet the rosy projections that underpin the bonding for this project.
Guess who picks up the tab? The teams? No. Ted Leonsis? No. Glenn Youngkin? No.
It will be the taxpayers of Alexandria.
Correct. And the taxpayers of Alexandria want and support this. Just like they wanted and supported the abolishment of single family zoning. And they are going to get what they want.
Alexandria taxpayers want to be saddled with a 3 billion dollar liability?
No. Alexandria taxpayers definitely do not want to be saddled with $3b tax liability. But. It will be all Virginia taxpayers saddled with $3b.
So that will be the end of the Democrats holding the legislature.
Also. The cost will not stop at the bonds. The wastewater bills are going to explode. It astonishes me that people never understand why some riverfront property with views of dc has never been developed.
Why would the democrats support this? It is a billionaire initiative underpinning Youngkin's legacy as governor. Why would they give this to Youngkin?
Anonymous
01/29/2024 15:13
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
I continue to believe that (a) this project is a terrible idea for both Virginia and D.C. and (b) it's going to happen anyway. It doesn't matter what information comes out showing why it's a bad idea. Leonsis and Youngkin will do whatever they have to to make it happen.
Anonymous
01/29/2024 15:12
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
It's cute that you think metro will be around in four years.
You don't really believe Metro will not be operating in four years, do you?
It might be operating but it will be under new ownership and mostly for tourists.
New ownership? Who will own Metro?
Anonymous
01/29/2024 14:41
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
The whole thing is delusional. Wonder what youngkin is getting and what he’s promised Wilson: neither of whom is running in the next election.
Anonymous
01/29/2024 14:40
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ok so tease that out. Metro doesn't exist in 4 years. There is an arena with events 220+ nights per year, many/most of them on weeknights.
Exactly how will people get there, given the location and lack of ability to expand any roads?
So given people won't attend, because it is so hard to get to, attendance (thus revenues from ticket sales) and concessions sales (due to lower attendance) do not meet the rosy projections that underpin the bonding for this project.
Guess who picks up the tab? The teams? No. Ted Leonsis? No. Glenn Youngkin? No.
It will be the taxpayers of Alexandria.
Correct. And the taxpayers of Alexandria want and support this. Just like they wanted and supported the abolishment of single family zoning. And they are going to get what they want.
Alexandria taxpayers want to be saddled with a 3 billion dollar liability?
No. Alexandria taxpayers definitely do not want to be saddled with $3b tax liability. But. It will be all Virginia taxpayers saddled with $3b.
So that will be the end of the Democrats holding the legislature.
Also. The cost will not stop at the bonds. The wastewater bills are going to explode. It astonishes me that people never understand why some riverfront property with views of dc has never been developed.
Anonymous
01/29/2024 14:07
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ok so tease that out. Metro doesn't exist in 4 years. There is an arena with events 220+ nights per year, many/most of them on weeknights.
Exactly how will people get there, given the location and lack of ability to expand any roads?
So given people won't attend, because it is so hard to get to, attendance (thus revenues from ticket sales) and concessions sales (due to lower attendance) do not meet the rosy projections that underpin the bonding for this project.
Guess who picks up the tab? The teams? No. Ted Leonsis? No. Glenn Youngkin? No.
It will be the taxpayers of Alexandria.
Correct. And the taxpayers of Alexandria want and support this. Just like they wanted and supported the abolishment of single family zoning. And they are going to get what they want.
Alexandria taxpayers want to be saddled with a 3 billion dollar liability?
Anonymous
Anonymous
01/29/2024 13:36
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Ok so tease that out. Metro doesn't exist in 4 years. There is an arena with events 220+ nights per year, many/most of them on weeknights.
Exactly how will people get there, given the location and lack of ability to expand any roads?
So given people won't attend, because it is so hard to get to, attendance (thus revenues from ticket sales) and concessions sales (due to lower attendance) do not meet the rosy projections that underpin the bonding for this project.
Guess who picks up the tab? The teams? No. Ted Leonsis? No. Glenn Youngkin? No.
It will be the taxpayers of Alexandria.
Correct. And the taxpayers of Alexandria want and support this. Just like they wanted and supported the abolishment of single family zoning. And they are going to get what they want.
Anonymous
01/29/2024 09:04
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
It's cute that you think metro will be around in four years.
You don't really believe Metro will not be operating in four years, do you?
It might be operating but it will be under new ownership and mostly for tourists.
New ownership???
Ikr? Does that PP think that someone else is going to take over Wmata? Who, Amtrak? Boeing?
Anonymous
01/28/2024 23:07
Subject: Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
It's cute that you think metro will be around in four years.
You don't really believe Metro will not be operating in four years, do you?
It might be operating but it will be under new ownership and mostly for tourists.
New ownership???