when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
It’s like they are going out of their way to make sure it’s not metro accessible. And now people who want to come from MD to go to a game will have to all fight through dc to get there. Will be kinda annoying but not awful for a 1 o’clock game on a Sunday but any prime time game and that’s going to be a mess. You get to fight through DC and NOVA traffic.
There's been talk about extending the metro to Woodbridge for over a decade. One would hope the projects get linked ... or are they counting on the VRE?
But then again, maybe the metro doesn't matter. It shuts down early so it is not like you can count on it to get home from a night game ...
although locals always fight the metro being added. And the metro will adjust hours for certain events, im sure they would do that for the max 1 home primetime game they get a year, haha.
Renderings, sure, but the one where fans are casually watching a Commanders practice is funny, given their history of charging fans to watch, which means scouts from opposing teams could come in.
Snyder is the worst owner in the NFL by a wide margin, but he's also incompetent so this'll be an expensive boondoggle everyone will hate.
Also still eyeing sites in MD. They will go wherever they can get a govt to pick up the biggest part of the tab. My DC area friends are just beside themselves with this team and its dysfunction.
If you think having the Jets and Giants play less that 10 miles from NYC is bad. How about 25 miles from DC. It is a ploy to get the District to come to the table.
when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
and nothing dramatically inflates a NFL team's worth in the short term like a new stadium. Getting a new stadium deal could have been his price to sell... not a bad poison pill for him.
The lifetime for a new stadium is 30 years. Giants stadium was 30 years when they knocked it down (though the zombie debt lives on), and FedEx field is just about 30 years. Time to knock it down. Turner Field was not even 25 years old, after replacing Fulton County in 1997.
So good news for all the MetLife haters and all humans with at least 1 functioning eyeball: MetLife is already 15 years old... so we are almost certainly already closer to its successor than we are to Giants Stadium.
Feel old yet?
MetLife opened in 2010, but Xanadu "officially opened" in 2007, though not to customers until two years ago. So this year will be the 15th year and maybe halfway point of the mall.
when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
So I got that going for me.
I remember when RFK stadium was new
You remember when the Roman Colosseum was new
You’ve been a murderer since I joined in Feb. 2001
Going Commando
If a person is 'going commando', they are not wearing any underwear.
It is called 'going commando' because of an old practice in the army, where, so you didn't shit your underwear in battle, you didn't wear any - and therefore could boast that you didn't shit your pants.
Also a known cure for vpl.
"I'm gonna wear those really tight shorts and go commando to show off my bulge."
when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
So I got that going for me.
I remember when RFK stadium was new
Impressive. RFK was awesome. I remember when giants stadium was new but that doesn’t compare. It’s actually one of my first memories, driving past the newly built stadium in the meadowlands with my parents and brother on route 3 and my brother telling me it’s just about done but they are just painting and touching things up. I guess that was around 75 or early 76.
RE: They also just bought a huge tract of land in Prince William Cty.
Also still eyeing sites in MD. They will go wherever they can get a govt to pick up the biggest part of the tab. My DC area friends are just beside themselves with this team and its dysfunction.
The Prince William county site is the one from the tweet in the OP
when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
So I got that going for me.
Tell me about it! I remember being at Univ of MD in the late 80's and them constantly discussing a push for a new stadium.
when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
So I got that going for me.
I was at the last game ever at RFK, and the first game ever at RalJohn (now fed ex) stadium. People forget that Jack Kent Cook originally named the stadium and land after his two kids Ralph and John.
Was sober at both as I was still in high school. Still have the ticket stubs from both though.
It really feels like that stadium was just built. Amazing how quickly it’s useful life has worn out.
You'll NEVER get to the stadium. Traffic will be jammed for hours.
This. 95 is gridlocked there from about 3pm to 7pm every weekday night. Even on Sundays it’s gridlocked most of the day. It will be an absolute disaster if they put the stadium there.
There's been talk about extending the metro to Woodbridge for over a decade. One would hope the projects get linked ... or are they counting on the VRE?
But then again, maybe the metro doesn't matter. It shuts down early so it is not like you can count on it to get home from a night game ...
There's about a zero chance of ever extending the Metro to that location. The Silver extension was funded by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. There's hardly enough funding to support maintenance on the existing system.
So I got that going for me.
So I got that going for me.
I remember when RFK stadium was new
There's been talk about extending the metro to Woodbridge for over a decade. One would hope the projects get linked ... or are they counting on the VRE?
But then again, maybe the metro doesn't matter. It shuts down early so it is not like you can count on it to get home from a night game ...
Snyder is the worst owner in the NFL by a wide margin, but he's also incompetent so this'll be an expensive boondoggle everyone will hate.
Also still eyeing sites in MD. They will go wherever they can get a govt to pick up the biggest part of the tab. My DC area friends are just beside themselves with this team and its dysfunction.
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when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
So I got that going for me.
I remember when RFK stadium was new
You remember when the Roman Colosseum was new
The lifetime for a new stadium is 30 years. Giants stadium was 30 years when they knocked it down (though the zombie debt lives on), and FedEx field is just about 30 years. Time to knock it down. Turner Field was not even 25 years old, after replacing Fulton County in 1997.
So good news for all the MetLife haters and all humans with at least 1 functioning eyeball: MetLife is already 15 years old... so we are almost certainly already closer to its successor than we are to Giants Stadium.
Feel old yet?
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when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
So I got that going for me.
I remember when RFK stadium was new
You remember when the Roman Colosseum was new
You’ve been a murderer since I joined in Feb. 2001
From the Urban Dictionary:
If a person is 'going commando', they are not wearing any underwear.
It is called 'going commando' because of an old practice in the army, where, so you didn't shit your underwear in battle, you didn't wear any - and therefore could boast that you didn't shit your pants.
Also a known cure for vpl.
"I'm gonna wear those really tight shorts and go commando to show off my bulge."
Going Commando - ( New Window )
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when you remember going to the first year of a new stadium, legally getting hammered at that game and now they are talking about replacing that "old" stadium.
So I got that going for me.
I remember when RFK stadium was new
Impressive. RFK was awesome. I remember when giants stadium was new but that doesn’t compare. It’s actually one of my first memories, driving past the newly built stadium in the meadowlands with my parents and brother on route 3 and my brother telling me it’s just about done but they are just painting and touching things up. I guess that was around 75 or early 76.
Also still eyeing sites in MD. They will go wherever they can get a govt to pick up the biggest part of the tab. My DC area friends are just beside themselves with this team and its dysfunction.
The Prince William county site is the one from the tweet in the OP
It’s far enough from DC to not impact the beltway, but 95 South of DC will be a nightmare
So I got that going for me.
Tell me about it! I remember being at Univ of MD in the late 80's and them constantly discussing a push for a new stadium.
So I got that going for me.
I was at the last game ever at RFK, and the first game ever at RalJohn (now fed ex) stadium. People forget that Jack Kent Cook originally named the stadium and land after his two kids Ralph and John.
Was sober at both as I was still in high school. Still have the ticket stubs from both though.
It really feels like that stadium was just built. Amazing how quickly it’s useful life has worn out.
This. 95 is gridlocked there from about 3pm to 7pm every weekday night. Even on Sundays it’s gridlocked most of the day. It will be an absolute disaster if they put the stadium there.
It’s far enough from DC to not impact the beltway, but 95 South of DC will be a nightmare
You say that as if it weren't already a nightmare.
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It’s far enough from DC to not impact the beltway, but 95 South of DC will be a nightmare
You say that as if it weren't already a nightmare.
I know - I'm just anticipating an already awful situation getting worse.
Oh, and off Telegraph Rd? So they want to gofm horrible traffic at the current stadium, to even worse with the new?
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There's been talk about extending the metro to Woodbridge for over a decade. One would hope the projects get linked ... or are they counting on the VRE?
But then again, maybe the metro doesn't matter. It shuts down early so it is not like you can count on it to get home from a night game ...
There's about a zero chance of ever extending the Metro to that location. The Silver extension was funded by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. There's hardly enough funding to support maintenance on the existing system.