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re: Capitals and Wizards likely moving to VA from DC

Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:12 am to
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:12 am to
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The area around Capital One is perfectly safe. This is happening because DC wouldn't give Ted the $600M in public funds he wanted for upgrades.
that area isn’t what it was before 2000. Crime is increasing a ton downtown again and DC went from providing 27 cops for events at Capital One arena to THREE because of staffing issues. So much help the defund the police movement did.
Posted by usc6158
Member since Feb 2008
35430 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:25 am to
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that area isn’t what it was before 2000. Crime is increasing a ton downtown again and DC went from providing 27 cops for events at Capital One arena to THREE because of staffing issues. So much help the defund the police movement did.



Oh I'm aware, but this move isn't happening because of the spike in crime in DC this year. This is pure economics for Ted. He has a terrible lease at CapOne he wanted to get out of and DC wasn't going to give him public funds for upgrades. This move solves both of those problems.

Chinatown will almost certainly fall back into being a crime infested hellhole now because all of the bars and restaurants that thrived being near the stadium will leave. None of these places can survive on the 1K people that go to Mystics and Georgetown games
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