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NGT - Commanders new stadium?

RCPhoenix : 5/23/2022 4:04 pm
Yikes.

Also it's 30+ miles south of DC
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C.O. Is contingent on Snyder selling the team.  
Ivan15 : 5/23/2022 4:07 pm : link
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I love that we can refer to them as  
Big Blue '56 : 5/23/2022 4:08 pm : link
the “Commies.”
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widmerseyebrow : 5/23/2022 4:24 pm : link
you know you're getting old  
djm : 5/23/2022 4:25 pm : link
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.

RE: you know you're getting old  
Big Blue '56 : 5/23/2022 4:28 pm : link
In comment 15716538 djm said:
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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
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GP : 5/23/2022 4:30 pm : link
it looks like a Pringle.
So they learn nothing from the current placement.  
Italianju : 5/23/2022 4:32 pm : link
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.
Not just 30 miles from DC  
DonQuixote : 5/23/2022 4:40 pm : link
Nowhere near the metro…

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 ...
They should 100% link those projects...  
Italianju : 5/23/2022 4:47 pm : link
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.
Looks like my kid's booster seat  
mikeinbloomfield : 5/23/2022 5:00 pm : link
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.
I guess that explains the skimming off....  
MOOPS : 5/23/2022 5:01 pm : link
the NFL communal pot. Gotta to pay for the new crib.
They also just bought a huge tract of land in Prince William Cty.  
BigBlueNH : 5/23/2022 5:04 pm : link
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33971374/source-washington-commanders-spend-100-million-land-virginia-possible-stadium

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.
They want a dome  
The_Boss : 5/23/2022 5:16 pm : link
Guess they’re looking at trying to get a final four and super bowl. Redskins and Hoyas are shit outta luck…
It would be a shame to have the team playing 25 miles south of DC  
AnnapolisMike : 5/23/2022 5:17 pm : link
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.
RE: RE: you know you're getting old  
Larry in Pencilvania : 5/23/2022 5:20 pm : link
In comment 15716542 Big Blue '56 said:
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In comment 15716538 djm said:


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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
Snyder knows he will be forced to sell  
NoPeanutz : 5/23/2022 5:37 pm : link
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?
My mistake  
NoPeanutz : 5/23/2022 5:40 pm : link
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.
Just what that area needs...  
bw in dc : 5/23/2022 5:48 pm : link
more congestion on the Beltway and 95 on a Sunday.
OH great  
Joey in VA : 5/23/2022 5:52 pm : link
Visiting the folks and friends in VA will now be more impossible during the Season. As bw said, just what the area needs.
This makes it look like a soiled sanitary napkin  
Geomon : 5/23/2022 5:53 pm : link
The random fireworks  
Jersey Heel : 5/23/2022 6:18 pm : link
In the distance is a nice touch.
Forget about Monday/Thursday night games  
ZogZerg : 5/23/2022 6:19 pm : link
You'll NEVER get to the stadium. Traffic will be jammed for hours.
RE: RE: RE: you know you're getting old  
Big Blue '56 : 5/23/2022 6:20 pm : link
In comment 15716600 Larry in Pencilvania said:
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In comment 15716542 Big Blue '56 said:


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In comment 15716538 djm said:


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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
That's right  
Larry in Pencilvania : 5/23/2022 6:25 pm : link
1995 through 1/2001 was the last time of peace on here😝
RE: I love that we can refer to them as the “Commies.”  
Trainmaster : 5/23/2022 6:35 pm : link
I prefer Commandos as in going Commando.

From the Urban Dictionary:

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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."

Going Commando - ( New Window )
Woodbridge  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 5/23/2022 6:35 pm : link
is so built up... I can't imagine building there.
Woodbridge might have the worst traffic in the DMV.  
FStubbs : 5/23/2022 6:37 pm : link
And they want to put the stadium there? They're insane.
It's not even that old of a stadium...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/23/2022 6:57 pm : link
Wasn't RFK still Washington's home until like the mid to late '90s?
RE: RE: you know you're getting old  
djm : 5/23/2022 9:33 pm : link
In comment 15716542 Big Blue '56 said:
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In comment 15716538 djm said:


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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.
RE: They also just bought a huge tract of land in Prince William Cty.  
RCPhoenix : 5/23/2022 9:58 pm : link
In comment 15716581 BigBlueNH said:
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33971374/source-washington-commanders-spend-100-million-land-virginia-possible-stadium

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
RE: Just what that area needs...  
RCPhoenix : 5/23/2022 10:01 pm : link
In comment 15716626 bw in dc said:
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more congestion on the Beltway and 95 on a Sunday.


It’s far enough from DC to not impact the beltway, but 95 South of DC will be a nightmare
RE: you know you're getting old  
Stu11 : 5/23/2022 10:04 pm : link
In comment 15716538 djm said:
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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.

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.
RE: you know you're getting old  
bradshaw44 : 5/23/2022 11:26 pm : link
In comment 15716538 djm said:
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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 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.
RE: Forget about Monday/Thursday night games  
bradshaw44 : 5/23/2022 11:29 pm : link
In comment 15716650 ZogZerg said:
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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.
RE: RE: Just what that area needs...  
Greg from LI : 5/23/2022 11:31 pm : link
In comment 15716886 RCPhoenix said:
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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.
It looks like a tongue.  
Dave in Hoboken : 5/23/2022 11:36 pm : link
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RE: RE: RE: Just what that area needs...  
RCPhoenix : 5/24/2022 1:08 pm : link
In comment 15716942 Greg from LI said:
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In comment 15716886 RCPhoenix said:


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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.
The state of 95 is such that, if I ever go back to DC for some reason  
Greg from LI : 5/24/2022 1:39 pm : link
I'm taking the train. It's worth the cost to avoid the headaches.
WTF is that?  
NYDCBlue : 5/24/2022 6:32 pm : link
Looks like a fungi growing from the country side...

Oh, and off Telegraph Rd? So they want to gofm horrible traffic at the current stadium, to even worse with the new?
What's wrong with the current stadium?  
Grey Pilgrim : 5/24/2022 7:04 pm : link
I thought it was one of the best in the league.

:unsure:
RE: Not just 30 miles from DC  
GFAN52 : 5/24/2022 7:55 pm : link
In comment 15716558 DonQuixote said:
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Nowhere near the metro…

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.
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