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Posted on 12/12/23 at 8:51 pm to jlovel7
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They’re going to build a whole development around it.
Yeah, VT is already building a pretty large campus there and of course Amazon’s new HQ is right down the road. Crystal and Pentagon Cities have had like 8-10 fancy new apartment complexes go up or are going up over the last couple of years and Crystal Drive itself has had some real development recently.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 9:06 pm to jlovel7
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new stadium will also be next to metro in Alexandria near the Potomac Yard neighborhood. They’re going to build a whole development around it.
Did they complete the new metro station at Potomic yard? I know when I was there this past spring, they were still working on it.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 9:10 pm to UnluckyTiger
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This is going to kill what’s left of the fan support for the Wizards. Caps will be fine though.
Yeah, the Caps will be fine. Nobody in Virginia is going to give a shite about the Wizards.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:15 am to jlovel7
DC is proposing a $500 million investment for the Caps/Wizards to stay in DC. Virginia is proposing $ 2 billion to move across the river.
This post was edited on 12/13/23 at 8:16 am
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:20 am to CobraCommander83
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:24 am to tccdc
What is VT building there?
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:25 am to tccdc
Man, this is going to be a traffic nightmare. That section of 1 is already a disaster.
I want to know what Youngkin gave away in our tax dollars before deciding if it was a good deal or not.
I want to know what Youngkin gave away in our tax dollars before deciding if it was a good deal or not.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:25 am to CobraCommander83
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What is VT building there?
Tech campus. Basically to be close to Amazon
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:26 am to CobraCommander83
LINK
They call it the Innovation Campus, but it is really for IT and to continue to increase its research budget.
They call it the Innovation Campus, but it is really for IT and to continue to increase its research budget.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:34 am to jlovel7
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Ever heard of the internet? Pretty much every megabyte of data goes through loudon county.
I wonder why that is?
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government
Why it couldn't possibly
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:44 am to tccdc
Thats pretty cool.
Speaking of that site. Traffic already sucks but it will be an absolute cluster if they move into that area.
Speaking of that site. Traffic already sucks but it will be an absolute cluster if they move into that area.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:50 am to jlovel7
Sucks but the onus is in the city to provide a more secure inviting environment.. the access and arena are good logistically speaking, haven’t been in a few years but it was a cool spot that had some troubling potential surrounding.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:59 am to TROLA
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.
The nice thing about being a sports owner in the DC area is you have 3 different jurisdictions you can play off of one another. Snyder was famous for this.
The nice thing about being a sports owner in the DC area is you have 3 different jurisdictions you can play off of one another. Snyder was famous for this.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:12 am to usc6158
quote: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.
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.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:25 am to UnluckyTiger
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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
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:28 am to usc6158
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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.
For sure. Both parties are losers in this situation. Can’t stand either of them.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:36 am to usc6158
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He has a terrible lease at CapOne he wanted to get out of
I can’t remember the amount but I think the land lease payment was around $30 something million.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:38 am to UnluckyTiger
I’ve been to CapOne a bunch of times and always liked the whole facility and area. Same with the OKC arena which is now apparently outdated. I get owners are going to lobby for public money and aren’t gonna turn it down when someone has their hand out, but I don’t see any issue with either facility at least from a fan standpoint. Maybe I’m a simple person
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:50 am to usc6158
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I want to know what Youngkin gave away in our tax dollars before deciding if it was a good deal or not.
I don’t think they’re giving any funding to it.
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