New Stadium News?

[Commander20180]

On 4/7/2024 at 10:27 AM, SkinsFTW said:

 

But then they'd have to deal with Maryland drivers everyday.

OMG some of the worst of anywhere..LOL   Yeah, most of the players live in NOVA.

[Busch1724]

Hey I'm in PA, I like it at Landover haha. 

[Skinsinparadise]

 

 

[profusion]

5 hours ago, Skinsinparadise said:

 

 

 

The article soft-pedals it, but you don't hire a congressional insider to lobby state officials for a MD/VA stadium. It's clear as day that RFK is the goal. As it should be.

Edited April 16 by profusion

[Conn]

19 minutes ago, profusion said:

 

The article soft-pedals it, but you don't hire a congressional insider to lobby state officials for a MD/VA stadium. It's clear as day that RFK is the goal. As it should be.

 

 

[lavar1156]

I think part of this is also trying to push the bill through the Senate asap so the team has leverage against MD and VA.

[RVAskins]

1 hour ago, profusion said:

 

The article soft-pedals it, but you don't hire a congressional insider to lobby state officials for a MD/VA stadium. It's clear as day that RFK is the goal. As it should be.

I'm in Richmond so I don't know the area, but the article mentioned a stadium on the banks of the Anacostia River. That sounds like it's not necessarily the old RFK site.

 

Getting House-passed legislation through the Senate that would allow Bowser to negotiate with Harris on a potential package for a stadium on the banks of the Anacostia River.

[profusion]

I don't know any other undeveloped tracts along the Anacostia that would be big enough for a football stadium.

[lavar1156]

Nothing super new.  But it does seem like a two horse race.

[stoshuaj]

On 4/16/2024 at 8:03 PM, profusion said:

I don't know any other undeveloped tracts along the Anacostia that would be big enough for a football stadium.

 

[Redskins 2021]

On 4/16/2024 at 8:03 PM, profusion said:

I don't know any other undeveloped tracts along the Anacostia that would be big enough for a football stadium.

 I think there a spot by the navy yard they were talking about? 

[Hoover-ball]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/02/rfk-stadium-demolition-dc/

 

RIP old lady. I hope a new stadium rises up. 

[ixcuincle]

The more I think about it the more that a DC return seems unlikely especially after DC just shelled out 500 mil to keep the Caps and Wiz in DC. Combine that with the Nats and I'm not sure they have the bank to have the Commanders move in.

 

It's possible that the Commanders could foot the bill but after spending 6 bil to buy the team I don't think the ownership is too interested in their own funds being used to build a stadium.

 

Again, I hope this isn't the case. Ideally all 4 teams play in DC, but this is not a fairy tale world and budgets exist.

[Command The 414]

11 minutes ago, ixcuincle said:

The more I think about it the more that a DC return seems unlikely especially after DC just shelled out 500 mil to keep the Caps and Wiz in DC. Combine that with the Nats and I'm not sure they have the bank to have the Commanders move in.

 

It's possible that the Commanders could foot the bill but after spending 6 bil to buy the team I don't think the ownership is too interested in their own funds being used to build a stadium.

 

Again, I hope this isn't the case. Ideally all 4 teams play in DC, but this is not a fairy tale world and budgets exist.

New Stadium adjacent to the current site then? I think this is where it will ends up but that would make for a cluster parking situation for years during the construction 

[profusion]

2 hours ago, ixcuincle said:

The more I think about it the more that a DC return seems unlikely especially after DC just shelled out 500 mil to keep the Caps and Wiz in DC. Combine that with the Nats and I'm not sure they have the bank to have the Commanders move in.

 

It's possible that the Commanders could foot the bill but after spending 6 bil to buy the team I don't think the ownership is too interested in their own funds being used to build a stadium.

 

Again, I hope this isn't the case. Ideally all 4 teams play in DC, but this is not a fairy tale world and budgets exist.

 

If Harris can find a way to build a development around the new stadium that's a separate profit center, then the smart money goes there regardless of whether the local jurisdiction chips in for it.

 

Regardless, he might have the advantage that DC is in pretty desperate straits right now in terms of downtown being half empty or more, and that precious stream of tax revenue being in danger. The DC gov needs something shiny and positive to take attention away from the problems the city has right now. If that's the goal, they'll find the money and bulldoze the obstacles.

Edited May 3 by profusion

[Skinsinparadise]

 

[bird_1972]

Let's do this!!!

[c slag]

So is a demolition company going to implode the old RFK Stadium?

And I wonder if it would be the same company that imploded the old Capital Centre 

[Andre The Giant]

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[spjunkies]

On 5/13/2024 at 7:22 PM, Andre The Giant said:

 

 

Hopefully the team takes the more advantageous Maryland option next to FedEx since DC has so many hurdles. 

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[Renegade7]

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[Riggo#44]

Biting my tongue in order to incur Jumbo's wrath...but I'll just say...imagine that...

[RVAskins]

On 5/13/2024 at 7:22 PM, Andre The Giant said:

 

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[CobraCommander]

I listened to Senator Dianes on the radio. He didn’t come off as particularly intelligent to me and I’ll leave it at that. Suffice it to say we are looking at this thing being submarined for politics sake and nothing else.
 

Not because the city wants or doesn’t want it. Not because the fans do or don’t want it. Not because the neighborhood does or doesn’t want it. None of that matters, just what someone from Montana wants is all that matters. Montana.

[Riggo#44]

8 minutes ago, CobraCommander said:

Not because the city wants or doesn’t want it. Not because the fans do or don’t want it. Not because the neighborhood does or doesn’t want it. None of that matters, just what someone from Montana wants is all that matters. Montana.

To be fair, the person who headed up the committee in the House was from Pennsylvania.

 

Ultimately, I think it ends up on the RFK site. NIMBYs will always complain--they complained about Nats Park. I am sure they complained about Cap One/Verizon Center/MCI/Etc. Billionaires usually get what they want.