Monumental Sports executives have talked to Virginia government officials about relocating the Capitals and Wizards from downtown D.C. to Northern Virginia, near Amazon’s new HQ2
Not using the article title for this post since it doesn’t mention the Caps, but a large portion of the article focuses on the Caps and Capitol One Arena’s future.
Can’t read the article because it’s paywalled but I don’t like the idea of that 🙁
Immediate_Comma
Disgusting. Ted should be shamed out of this as heavily as possible by local media
SiccSemperTyrannis
Capitol One Arena is owned by Monumental Sports and the lease with the city could expire as soon as 2027. Apparently Monumental/Leonsis wants the city to help pay for some upgrades to the building including the HVAC system and ice cooling equipment.
Unless Monumental expects to get a huge public money handout from Virginia to build a new arena, I don’t understand how the economics of building an entirely new arena makes sense over repairs to the existing one.
BigSportsNerd
I like the current location but Arlington would be a few minutes closer. I’m intrigued. Apparently the land deal Leonsis has for his Arena is shitty
What’s the point of changing the name to Monumental if you are moving to NoVA?
Permaderps
Man this would suck as a fan from Baltimore, realistically its not too much further but it being right in the city is so much more convenient
keyjan
I don’t think the district government would stand for that.
downtown3641
The post title leaves out a lot of context. I’d encourage everyone to read the full article.
justanicebreeze
Despicable!
butwhythough26
Ted is on one this week. Allowing Qataris to buy into Monumental and now this shit
brann182
If so even more of a reason to bring a team to baltimore
UNisopod
Fuck that!
BSwollocks
They caps would probably turn into the redskins. In the suburbs and in the toilet. Plus pentagon city is a shit hole. Hope it doesn’t happen.
European_Red_Fox
Ted can pay for his own improvements or better yet the city or a bank could loan him the money. No handouts for a privately owned arena housing a rich persons toys.
Drumhead89
Sure. Because why keep the team playing in the middle of the city in an area that’s super easy to get to via public transit when we could move it to a suburb without all that 😤
Tufoguy
Oh no no no no no.
kgunnar
Move it to Virginia and say goodbye to a big share of your Maryland STHs. No one is crossing any of those bridges during rush hour on a regular basis.
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Can’t read the article because it’s paywalled but I don’t like the idea of that 🙁
Disgusting. Ted should be shamed out of this as heavily as possible by local media
Capitol One Arena is owned by Monumental Sports and the lease with the city could expire as soon as 2027. Apparently Monumental/Leonsis wants the city to help pay for some upgrades to the building including the HVAC system and ice cooling equipment.
Unless Monumental expects to get a huge public money handout from Virginia to build a new arena, I don’t understand how the economics of building an entirely new arena makes sense over repairs to the existing one.
I like the current location but Arlington would be a few minutes closer. I’m intrigued. Apparently the land deal Leonsis has for his Arena is shitty
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What’s the point of changing the name to Monumental if you are moving to NoVA?
Man this would suck as a fan from Baltimore, realistically its not too much further but it being right in the city is so much more convenient
I don’t think the district government would stand for that.
The post title leaves out a lot of context. I’d encourage everyone to read the full article.
Despicable!
Ted is on one this week. Allowing Qataris to buy into Monumental and now this shit
If so even more of a reason to bring a team to baltimore
Fuck that!
They caps would probably turn into the redskins. In the suburbs and in the toilet. Plus pentagon city is a shit hole. Hope it doesn’t happen.
Ted can pay for his own improvements or better yet the city or a bank could loan him the money. No handouts for a privately owned arena housing a rich persons toys.
Sure. Because why keep the team playing in the middle of the city in an area that’s super easy to get to via public transit when we could move it to a suburb without all that 😤
Oh no no no no no.
Move it to Virginia and say goodbye to a big share of your Maryland STHs. No one is crossing any of those bridges during rush hour on a regular basis.
Well that would fucking suck