Ask Dan Snyder why DC is the first host capitol city since 1974 (and the 2nd time ever) not to host a World Cup match!!No1Statistician t1_j15wcgl wrote
I'd rather this happen than pay for a billionaire's stadium honestly
buxtonOJ t1_j167s2o wrote
You’re still paying for them
No1Statistician t1_j16afcz wrote
I'm aware PG County paid for that stadium which I still disagree with. I still agree they shouldn't have paid for Audi field or Nats Park either without public ownership .
tmack99 t1_j16vsr5 wrote
Generally agree on stadiums (especially NFL stadiums which are used 8 times a year) being privately funded, but do you really regret Nats Park? It led to an entire neighborhood being completely revitalized. I feel like that’s the rare example of public investment in a stadium working out.
No1Statistician t1_j16z0ab wrote
I don't think it's worth it. I see your point, but think of places like the warf and national harbor that are new and developed fine without stadiums, and also the owners can afford new stadiums and wont leave this huge market
Backdoorpickle t1_j18zauq wrote
The Wharf is literally next to Nats Park.
No1Statistician t1_j1920m8 wrote
No it's not. Warf is Waterfront and Nats Park is Navy Yard. That's like saying Nats Park revitalized Captiol Hill.
Backdoorpickle t1_j1bnqzj wrote
The actual Navy Yard is the same distance from Nats Park as it is to the actual Wharf lol
greenthanks75 t1_j19f48v wrote
Nats Park is about a mile from the Wharf. I personally would not want to walk that before or after a game in the sweaty summer.
Backdoorpickle t1_j1bnnwq wrote
The Wharf neighborhood is basically everything west of Nats Park once you cross South Capitol. It's the same distance to the ACTUAL Navy Yard as it is to the ACTUAL Wharf lol
greenthanks75 t1_j1bs3la wrote
The Wharf is easy to define because it’s the stuff that’s along an actual wharf. Audi Field is not in The Wharf. It’s in Southwest. The Wharf is a portion of Southwest. Not the whole thing
Backdoorpickle t1_j1bshiz wrote
The Safeway is literally the SW Waterfront Safeway. Audi Field is essentially on the water. No one considers Navy Yard SE DC. It's the Navy Yard despite the Navy Yard being an actual location. Is Nats Park on the Navy base? No.
greenthanks75 t1_j1bszuv wrote
What are you on about? The Safeway isn’t the Wharf Safeway and no one would call it that. I lived in Navy Yard for 3 years, of course it’s in SE DC. That’s its address. Navy Yard is a term for a neighborhood and a naval yard. Is that confusing you?
Backdoorpickle t1_j1bt4i7 wrote
No it's not confusing to me at all. Apparently you missed the part where you shop in Safeway and they call it the Waterfront Safeway lol
88leo t1_j170bi1 wrote
> completely revitalized.
sigh
tmack99 t1_j179yra wrote
You preferred the empty lots and boarded up liquor stores?
shlem t1_j18wrlq wrote
I'd prefer a southwest not destroyed by the government in the 60/70s by a round of "revitalization"
88leo t1_j1dr86u wrote
People lived there and instead of helping them they were just relocated and forced into a different community. Typical imperial european thing to do I guess.
tmack99 t1_j1hln7m wrote
Barely anyone lived there. It was a complete ghost town
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