VA Beach Decides Against Hosting Training Camp

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Originally Posted by skinsfan_nn

That doesn't surprise me at all. They can just squeeze by keeping minor league sports going on that side of the water. Make a worthy investment (think of the return) and spend the money and get the Redskins down here for camp, never happen!

They just don't have enough sense or in this case I guess they can cry dollars.

The last major sports investment, The VB Sportsplex is losing approximately $ 500K per yr.

I would love to see training camp down here. I live 5 minutes from the Sportsplex, but I also do some business with the City of VB and they definitely are under a serious budget crunch due to the real estate slowdown.

I don't really know what major return Virginia Beach would see. The Redskins would have a majority of the concessions and the hotels people would stay at would most likely be in Chesapeake due to the cost vs. Oceanfront hotels. There are no hotels within about 7-8 miles of the Sportsplex. Other than some purchases at local stores and restaurants the return would be next to nothing, compared to a $ 2.5M investment. As a taxpayer, I'd be pretty pissed-off if the City did this.