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That Guy · 06-10-2006, 03:39 PM

NOT HAPPENING.

-FedEX has $350mill of debt still, and who the hell is going to buy it? 90k seat stadiums are exactly in high demand. The costs of tearing it down or remodelling it into something else would be insane too. and even if he get's the billion for it, he spent 800$mill in 1995 dollars so its a loss, AND you really think maryland isn't going to want any of that money? was the land leased or gifted to him or did he actually buy it outright?

-why would anyone want 125k stadium? with the crazy ticket prices (which will be even HIGHER to pay off the new stadium) it'd scream TV blackout. The skins SAY they've got a long line for tickets, but with the high prices, that's not necessarily true.

-Ths city is terrible to work with. Anyone know WHY the skins are in landover? it's cause the DC council couldn't agree on anything when cooke offered to pay ALL the costs of a new stadium. we saw how retardedly they dealt with the nats purchase, and now all of a sudden they're going to be model citizens and cooperate? sorry, no.

-stadium costs. synder would have to spend over a billion dollars making a new stadium on land he wouldn't even own. with the debt and the marginal to huge loss taken on selling FedEx to some ghost buyer, its a very expensive proposition that really offers synder nothing that's worth the hassles. If the district isn't going to throw money in (which its not) it's really not a good deal financially for him. recouping over 1-1.5billion dollars in ticket sales would take DECADES and the extreme prices of tickets would drive some people back to watching the skins on tv.

-The Traffic. The current stadium's traffic situation sucks and DC would be 10x as bad... and instead of clogging up the middle of nowhere, all of DC/MD/NoVA would be screwed up on sundays.

this article is purely speculation built upon the boredom of the offseason, but the idea is stupid from inception.

06-10-2006, 03:39 PM	#9
That Guy Living Legend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: VA Age: 43 Posts: 17,620	Re: WP - Washington's Team Belongs In D.C. NOT HAPPENING. -FedEX has $350mill of debt still, and who the hell is going to buy it? 90k seat stadiums are exactly in high demand. The costs of tearing it down or remodelling it into something else would be insane too. and even if he get's the billion for it, he spent 800$mill in 1995 dollars so its a loss, AND you really think maryland isn't going to want any of that money? was the land leased or gifted to him or did he actually buy it outright? -why would anyone want 125k stadium? with the crazy ticket prices (which will be even HIGHER to pay off the new stadium) it'd scream TV blackout. The skins SAY they've got a long line for tickets, but with the high prices, that's not necessarily true. -Ths city is terrible to work with. Anyone know WHY the skins are in landover? it's cause the DC council couldn't agree on anything when cooke offered to pay ALL the costs of a new stadium. we saw how retardedly they dealt with the nats purchase, and now all of a sudden they're going to be model citizens and cooperate? sorry, no. -stadium costs. synder would have to spend over a billion dollars making a new stadium on land he wouldn't even own. with the debt and the marginal to huge loss taken on selling FedEx to some ghost buyer, its a very expensive proposition that really offers synder nothing that's worth the hassles. If the district isn't going to throw money in (which its not) it's really not a good deal financially for him. recouping over 1-1.5billion dollars in ticket sales would take DECADES and the extreme prices of tickets would drive some people back to watching the skins on tv. -The Traffic. The current stadium's traffic situation sucks and DC would be 10x as bad... and instead of clogging up the middle of nowhere, all of DC/MD/NoVA would be screwed up on sundays. this article is purely speculation built upon the boredom of the offseason, but the idea is stupid from inception.