RICHMOND — With Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to build a $2 billion arena in Alexandria for the Washington Capitals and Wizards in jeopardy, three political and business figures have been pitching an unlikely Hail Mary: an idea to pair the sports arena with a new casino in Fairfax County.
It’s telling that this idea sucks, yet still would be preferable to the Potomac Yard clusterfuck.
SodaPop6548
Just so desperate to make rich people richer that there is a damn Hail Mary plan for it.
Just stop.
Mister_Dwill
Yeah… I ain’t going to Fairfax. Lol fuck you Ted. Our arena is amazing. Upgrades here and there would work. Stop trying to leverage tax discticts against each other to make your billions go up. Get fucked. You saw what happened to the Redskins when they moved out of DC. They lost their culture, fan base (which WAS extremely die hard) the same shit will happen.
hurriedfashion
Offensively stupid idea, seemingly developed behind the backs of anyone local with any stakes in either project happening or not happening. Hope this gets ridiculed as deeply as it deserves.
UncleMalcolm
So let’s take all of the problems with the first plan and make them objectively worse. Oh and let’s also tie it to something gross.
alejandrowoodman
lol a hail mary that no party wants.
Just give up Ted!
Go back to Bowser with your tail between your dogs and beg.
TheBarbieOfSeville
lmao 😂
kayakchick66
Just screw the Maryland fans and their money, right?
wikipuff
This is hilarious. Better than the SNL rerun last night. Makes me laugh too hard.
One_Win_6185
What happened to that article the other day about the Caps/Wizards being locked in until 2040-something?
snugglelove
Look, I hate Ted’s money grubbing plan for Potomac Yards as much as anyone, but this casino proposal isn’t his fault. “The idea has been flatly rejected by Youngkin (R) and the teams’ owner, Monumental Sports & Entertainment” is directly from the article. Blame Ted for a lot, but this is not on him at least.
Regular_Draft_6630
Greedy fucks
MattAlive13
Hey OP, maybe you should’ve put the rest of the title in your submission statement.
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RICHMOND — With Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to build a $2 billion arena in Alexandria for the Washington Capitals and Wizards in jeopardy, three political and business figures have been pitching an unlikely Hail Mary: an idea to pair the sports arena with a new casino in Fairfax County.
Instead of [building the arena in Potomac Yard](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/13/capitals-wizards-move-alexandria-potomac-yard/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4) with taxpayer-backed bonds, their plan called for putting it in the Tysons area alongside the casino, with tax revenue generated by gambling used to guarantee the arena bonds.
The idea has been flatly rejected by Youngkin (R) and the teams’ owner, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, who still hope that their original plan to build the arena in Potomac Yard will overcome [setbacks in the General Assembly](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/09/youngkin-vetoes-bills-arena-virginia-session/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5). And the casino idea itself has been unpopular in Northern Virginia: Amid vocal [opposition from residents and local officials](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/19/casino-tysons-corner-fairfax/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5), the General Assembly [kicked a bill calling for a casino in Tysons](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/02/virginia-casino-bill-tysons-fairfax-delay/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5) in February to next year’s legislative session.
But the three who have pitched the casino-arena idea — Senate Majority Leader Scott A. Surovell (D-Fairfax); Christopher Clemente, chief executive of Comstock, the company seeking to build the casino; and Ben Tribbett, a prominent Fairfax political and business consultant who counts Surovell, Comstock and the [arena’s chief opponent, Sen. L. Louise Lucas](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/10/virginia-arena-leonsis-lucas-youngkin/?itid=lk_inline_manual_6) (D-Portsmouth), as clients — say it could revive both projects and satisfy Lucas, the Senate Finance and Appropriations chairwoman and the arena’s self-described [one-woman “roadblock,”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/10/virginia-arena-leonsis-lucas-youngkin/?itid=lk_inline_manual_6) that the sports complex would not put the state’s finances at risk.
**Read more:** [**https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/24/virginia-arena-fairfax-casino-wizards-capitals/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/24/virginia-arena-fairfax-casino-wizards-capitals/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)
It’s telling that this idea sucks, yet still would be preferable to the Potomac Yard clusterfuck.
Just so desperate to make rich people richer that there is a damn Hail Mary plan for it.
Just stop.
Yeah… I ain’t going to Fairfax. Lol fuck you Ted. Our arena is amazing. Upgrades here and there would work. Stop trying to leverage tax discticts against each other to make your billions go up. Get fucked. You saw what happened to the Redskins when they moved out of DC. They lost their culture, fan base (which WAS extremely die hard) the same shit will happen.
Offensively stupid idea, seemingly developed behind the backs of anyone local with any stakes in either project happening or not happening. Hope this gets ridiculed as deeply as it deserves.
So let’s take all of the problems with the first plan and make them objectively worse. Oh and let’s also tie it to something gross.
lol a hail mary that no party wants.
Just give up Ted!
Go back to Bowser with your tail between your dogs and beg.
lmao 😂
Just screw the Maryland fans and their money, right?
This is hilarious. Better than the SNL rerun last night. Makes me laugh too hard.
What happened to that article the other day about the Caps/Wizards being locked in until 2040-something?
Look, I hate Ted’s money grubbing plan for Potomac Yards as much as anyone, but this casino proposal isn’t his fault. “The idea has been flatly rejected by Youngkin (R) and the teams’ owner, Monumental Sports & Entertainment” is directly from the article. Blame Ted for a lot, but this is not on him at least.
Greedy fucks
Hey OP, maybe you should’ve put the rest of the title in your submission statement.
“…Ted Leonsis and Glen Young in say “no””.
There, I fixed it.