NGT - Washington Redskins seeking to build new stadium

FedEx field hasn't experienced too many playoff wins

At least until he fetches enough wampum to sell the naming rights.

Snyder go full heel and name it "Redskins Reservation" or some shit like that.

I built one of those out of popsicle sticks in the 5th grade. lol

I should submit a bid.

Insanity.

a better product on the field. Much more important to build a new stadium and have other teams play a game in it.

Fuckin Danny World aka 6 Flags Stadium. Naming rights my balls.

because the political mood in the region is against any form of tax increase to fund a new stadium (since Nationals Park and FedEx were extremely expensive to begin with)

In comment 11828360 Motley Blue said:

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I built one of those out of popsicle sticks in the 5th grade. lol I should submit a bid.

Don't forget to include an on-site casino.

How insane. Did taxpayers foot the bill for FedEx?

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Insanity.

Correct me if I am wrong on this...if you buy a PSL (which I believe Washington did when they built FedEx), it only lasts as long as the stadium is there. Once the games aren't played there, you are SOL. Do I have that right?

Point I'm asking is this - By building another stadium, they can go out and charge fans for another PSL and rake in a second dose of money from that scam.

I thin that may be what is behind this new stadium stuff.

Perhaps? Would be awesome. This town needs a new stadium of some kind....

have those PSLs or was it built too long ago. If Danny hasn't collected (extorted) PSL $ that other owners have cleaned up on, this may be a good reason.

I'd bet his Redskin PSLs would be the most expensive out there.

Came from the public as what they deemed an "infrastructure improvement". Meanwhile Snyder's a fucking billionaire.

That said, comparitively it's on the very low end for public funding with 72% coming from the private sector.

hosting a Super Bowl until he changes the Redskins name. NFL would never allow it. And he can forget about Skins playing in a SB, ever.

a few years ago and it's perfectly fine. This is all about getting public subsidies, jacking up ticket prices, etc. He's a bizman through and through, just an idiot when it comes to forming a winning football team.

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a few years ago and it's perfectly fine. This is all about getting public subsidies, jacking up ticket prices, etc. He's a bizman through and through, just an idiot when it comes to forming a winning football team.

I went to Giants Stadium in 2005 and thought it was in good shape. Maybe just a face lift. But no....they needed a bunch of club seats and PSLs.

I think there's only one or two other teams that don't have PSLs.

The TeePee

it's going to be in VA

Just spoke to my friend who has four tickets and he paid four psl's. The stadium is a dump. Always was. Ravens stadium opened a year later and is spectacular. Fedex is a joke

And goes to a good many skins games. According to him, that team is disproportionately dependent upon "corporate" butts in seats, than those of average fans. In other words, just another reason that Snyder probably doesn't give a rip about pissing off anyone with a PSL. He knows he will fill the stadium through corporate ticket packages, skyboxes, etc., without really needing the presence of Joe Hogs fan.

we need a "Danny's World" along the lines of the outstanding "Jerruh's World".

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In comment 11828360 Motley Blue said: Quote: I built one of those out of popsicle sticks in the 5th grade. lol I should submit a bid. Don't forget to include an on-site casino.

And cigarette sales.

greed. It's incomprehensible. If there is any call for public funding for the stadium, citizens should protest en masse (I can't advocate for riots).

the good news is that the redskin name will be changing sooner than later

because there is no way any state or financial institution will be involved in a new stadium unless redskins get a new name.

or the Wigwam?

the natives are going to be restless over this one!

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or the Wigwam?

Trying to figure that out will make everyone two tents...I mean too tense!

In comment 11828758 derpaderp said:

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In comment 11828712 Victor in CT said: Quote: or the Wigwam? Trying to figure that out will make everyone two tents...I mean too tense!

how about The Reservation?

in the way the stadium concept is approached in the NFL when you consider that the home viewing experience has, for many, surpassed the stadium experience. Maybe we'll see more temporary, modular-type structures (Qatar is proposing a partially modular stadium for the 2022 World Cup) that can allow franchises to more easily change locations within a given metro area, offer different amenities, etc.

That's basically what's happening here, right? By twice changing stadiums in a quarter century Snyder is looking to get two really big bites at the apple.

We're a long way from the Romans designing and building the Colosseum to still partially stand 2,000 years later.

In comment 11828688 giantfanboy said:

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the good news is that the redskin name will be changing sooner than later because there is no way any state or financial institution will be involved in a new stadium unless redskins get a new name.

I really wonder if that's Snyder's plan. Go to the powers that be and say, "if we change our name, will you give us a new stadium?" Trying to extort the most coin for something that is basically inevitable would be a very Snyder thing to do.

and the Mara's can spend a bit to change all the seats to blue at Metlife.

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and the Mara's can spend a bit to change all the seats to blue at Metlife.

or the Jets could keep Metlife and we could get a new one in NY

In comment 11828923 Dunedin81 said:

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I really wonder if that's Snyder's plan. Go to the powers that be and say, "if we change our name, will you give us a new stadium?" Trying to extort the most coin for something that is basically inevitable would be a very Snyder thing to do.

That possibly could be plan at work. It is a very shrewd move business wise.

You get a new stadium, the new revenue that comes with it.

You get to host a Super Bowl and the revenue that comes from it.

With a new name comes the new revenue that comes with the new merchandise sales.

All of that in exchange for changing the name.

than Daniel Snyder

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In comment 11828973 Giants2012 said: Quote: and the Mara's can spend a bit to change all the seats to blue at Metlife. or the Jets could keep Metlife and we could get a new one in NY

Think all the fans who paid for PSL will pay again?

I have seson tickets to the Skins (go the Giants game for every year and try to make my money back off the other games). Got them 10 years ago and I don't pay PSLs. Maybe Snyder charges newer ticket holders or there's a PSL fee for transferring tickets.