Commander PK Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 For me, the best plan would be building a state of the art Team HQ in Landover on the site of the current stadium where they already own 200 acres. This way the team doesn’t “abandon” Prince George’s. The stadium comes home to RFK in the City. Virginia keeps a connection to the team with training camp held annually there at a site to be determined after the Ashburn land is sold off. 5 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander20180 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 19 hours ago, Commander PK said: For me, the best plan would be building a state of the art Team HQ in Landover on the site of the current stadium where they already own 200 acres. This way the team doesn’t “abandon” Prince George’s. The stadium comes home to RFK in the City. Virginia keeps a connection to the team with training camp held annually there at a site to be determined after the Ashburn land is sold off. I'd rather keep the HQ in Virginia. That's where a majority of the fans are. Put the stadium in DC though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Stadium and team facility need to be close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAskins Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 2 hours ago, Warhead36 said: Stadium and team facility need to be close. Why? Ashburn is about 58 miles from Landover. I don't see that as being an issue at all. I think what plays a bigger issue for the HQ is what incentives does the team get from the State their in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 7 hours ago, Warhead36 said: Stadium and team facility need to be close. Honestly, I think this has been part of the problem. The team is too decentralized. 4 hours ago, RVAskins said: Why? Ashburn is about 58 miles from Landover. I don't see that as being an issue at all. I think what plays a bigger issue for the HQ is what incentives does the team get from the State their in. RFK is 9.5 miles from Landover and only 5 miles outside the city proper. The convenience for the staff and the players would be massively improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Yeah we had players say that home games involved enough travel that they didn’t feel like home games. You don’t want that. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar1156 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) Harris and Rales both grew up in Maryland. They may or may not have some loyalty to the state in terms of location for a stadium or practice facility. Edited April 5 by lavar1156 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) 15 hours ago, lavar1156 said: Harris and Rales both grew up in Maryland. They may or may not have some loyalty to the state in terms of location for a stadium practice facility. FedEx as a possible practice location would make a lot of sense. The team already owns land there (I believe) and it's a ton closer to RFK than Ashburn is. The training facility could be a component of whatever Maryland and PG do to redevelop the land there once the stadium is torn down. edit- LOL I missed the post at the top of this page that suggested exactly that. I'll amend my post to simple say "+1, great idea" Edited April 5 by TheGoodBits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I highly doubt Harris owns the land the current stadium is on seeing as we lease the stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 25 minutes ago, Conn said: I highly doubt Harris owns the land the current stadium is on seeing as we lease the stadium How dumb was Cooke by not owning the land he built his stadium on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZDave Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 IIRC, the sits on a landfill and Cooke had an agreement in place that the redskins would clear the land for a break on a long term lease and pressure DC into a stadium 40 years later.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontline205 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 8 minutes ago, AZDave said: IIRC, the sits on a landfill and Cooke had an agreement in place that the redskins would clear the land for a break on a long term lease and pressure DC into a stadium 40 years later.... Also I don't know if the state put in on it, but this was during the time when owners figured out how to pay for their own stadium's, so things were a little more tricky back then in order to save cash. But I was 7 when Fedex was built so I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJD2 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 hours ago, Conn said: I highly doubt Harris owns the land the current stadium is on seeing as we lease the stadium I believe Snyder owned something like 200 acres that the field and parking lots sits on, and other undeveloped lots, and all of it was included in the sale. Could be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 27 minutes ago, DJD2 said: I believe Snyder owned something like 200 acres that the field and parking lots sits on, and other undeveloped lots, and all of it was included in the sale. Could be wrong though. That’s a separate property that the team had purchased a few years ago I believe. For a potential training facility or stadium if other options fell through. I don’t believe that plot of land is the FedEx Field land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 10 hours ago, 88Comrade2000 said: How dumb was Cooke by not owning the land he built his stadium on. He was almost dead at that point. And he wasn't transferring the team to his kids either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry.Randolphe Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 i really like the idea of turning Landover into the HQ. The Cowboys have a nice facility in Frisco like that and it is 91 acres. They'd have enough room to build a state of the art facility along with a team history museum and incorporate restaurants, etc into it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhd24 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 38 minutes ago, Barry.Randolphe said: i really like the idea of turning Landover into the HQ. The Cowboys have a nice facility in Frisco like that and it is 91 acres. They'd have enough room to build a state of the art facility along with a team history museum and incorporate restaurants, etc into it. Th problem is that everyone lives in Nova. It would be a big ask to move everyone from Nova to PG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 7 hours ago, mhd24 said: Th problem is that everyone lives in Nova. It would be a big ask to move everyone from Nova to PG. that would suck for the team but then again nobody likes living in nova. At least at fedex they’d have the option of living out on the bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar1156 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 23 minutes ago, TheGoodBits said: that would suck for the team but then again nobody likes living in nova. At least at fedex they’d have the option of living out on the bay. Didn't Lavar Arrington live near the bay? Also, the airports aren't exactly convenient from Landover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 14 hours ago, TheGoodBits said: that would suck for the team but then again nobody likes living in nova. At least at fedex they’d have the option of living out on the bay. But then they'd have to deal with Maryland drivers everyday. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry.Randolphe Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 22 hours ago, lavar1156 said: Didn't Lavar Arrington live near the bay? Also, the airports aren't exactly convenient from Landover. DCA is 22 mins and BWI is 35 mins away and they get police escorts, so I don't think that's much of an issue. and even if the employees currently live in the Ashburn area, that's an hour commute to Landover...I don't see that being much of an issue either. People have time to move around if they want to - it's not like the facility would be ready in Landover overnight. This is something 5 years from now at the earliest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/5/2024 at 12:52 PM, 88Comrade2000 said: How dumb was Cooke by not owning the land he built his stadium on. If the team had won for the last 25 years maybe it would feel different but the second dumbest thing JKC ever did was rush the stadium deal in Landover. The first was not leaving the team to his son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) This is where I'm fine with not thinking about the fans and doing what's best for the team. If they can fit the HQ and Training Facility on the same land as the future RFK site stadium, do it... Surprise me...build the stadium on top of the practice facility to save space. I'm in Virginia...if you want to make me happy, start winning...training camp in Richmond was trash. went several times, mud smelled like sewage the first year, thumbs down. Edited April 8 by Renegade7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayAction Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/4/2024 at 4:00 PM, RVAskins said: Why? Ashburn is about 58 miles from Landover. I don't see that as being an issue at all. I think what plays a bigger issue for the HQ is what incentives does the team get from the State their in. Why would there be any incentives for a football HQ? What is the benefit to the State? Is the franchise HQ bringing thousands of workers and tax revenue? I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberOsaka Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) On 4/6/2024 at 10:59 PM, lavar1156 said: Didn't Lavar Arrington live near the bay? Also, the airports aren't exactly convenient from Landover. Lavar had a house in Annapolis right before the Bay Bridge that he no longer owns. There's a bit more to that story.. His Mom had a house in Upper Marlboro while he was playing. He now lives outside of LA I believe. Edited April 9 by RememberOsaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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