Stadium Rumors

[sportscurmudgeon]

Please recall that when JKC offered to build a new facility right next door to RFK with his own money, the DC govt (including two different incompetent mayors) couldn't find a way to let him do that. It took almost 7 years of negotiating before JKC took his team to the suburbs because he wanted to have a stadium built with his name on it before he died. That didn't quite work out for him.

Somehow, I don't see Danny Boy having the patience or the political acumen and charm to work with those incompetent boobs for more than about 3 months. And in 3 months, the DC City Council can't decide if it is raining or not.

The problem with Fed Ex is the way that it was built. It was built fast and on the cheap because they wanted to get it done before Good Old JKC went to that big League Meeting in the Sky. That didn't quite work out.

Be a bit analytical here instead of emotional:

Fed Ex is a VERY large stadium with all the beauty and all the atmosphere of a portable toilet farm. Even Giants Stadium - built in that horrid locale - has a superior ambience to Fed Ex. As long as the Vet was still standing - and it isn't anymore - Fed Ex couldn't be considered the worst venue in the NFC. Now, it is one of the strong contenders for that infamous title. Maybe SF is worse; maybe Minnesota is worse; at the moment, New Orleans is definitely worse.

As long as the Raiders play in whatever they call their stadium this week, the Skins will not have to worry about being in the worst stadium in the league, but if an earthquake takes out Oakland...

It shouldn't be long before the Skins start thinking about/ planning for/ moving toward building a new stadium. Fed Ex is living on borrowed time.