Stadium News, Speculation & Possible Truthiness XXVII: This time with less Zzzzzzzzz

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  1. BBBulldog

    BBBulldog Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2004
    Dinamo Zagreb
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Croatia
    There is no better name.
     
  2. Falc

    Falc Member+

    Jul 29, 2006
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Fenway turned 100 today. Only another 49 to go for RFK!
     
  3. Darth Norteño

    Darth Norteño With Buddha In My Fists

    The Arsenal
    Wales
    Dec 9, 2003
    laceyforest.arl.va
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Wales
    [​IMG]

    I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this image lately. You make my head hurt. Go away.
     
  4. GOREVS3000

    GOREVS3000 Moderator
    Staff Member

    New England Revolution
    United States
    Sep 18, 2006
    Boston
    Club:
    2 de Mayo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    At some point the argument will be raised that it is a facility worth preserving for historic purposes. It was really the first multi-purposes stadium in America and, in my opinion, the only one that wasn't ghastly and devoid of character. It's not monstrous so it sucks your soul.

    I know I sound like an out-of-town asshole when I speak up and talk about how important RFK is in the history of American sports architecture but it's worthy of preservation.

    So maybe there is a chance that it gets renovated and updated. People were able to fix up Soldier Field, why can't they do that to RFK? The USSF and MLS should be able to work something out for the place.
     
  5. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The money would have to come from the federal government or DC to renovate the stadium. I don't see USSF, MLS or DC United putting money into a stadium that they don't own.

    RFK is economically obsolete, regardless of what architectural importance it might have. Preserving historic buildings is cool and all, but sinking a bunch of taxpayer money into a stadium which nobody really wants to play in if they have other alternatives strikes me as a pretty massive waste of government money.
     
  6. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    I don't see anyone coming up with the money, it's just a matter of how long it takes before TPTB see that option won't work.
     
  7. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah. There are a number of different long-term proposals for the RFK site, none of which actually involve the survival of the existing stadium.
     
  8. GOREVS3000

    GOREVS3000 Moderator
    Staff Member

    New England Revolution
    United States
    Sep 18, 2006
    Boston
    Club:
    2 de Mayo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I know. I've seen/read about a few of them. It's disappointing as the stadium is an important milestone in the history of American architecture.
     
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  9. blockski

    blockski Member

    Feb 13, 2009
    Club:
    DC United
    They were able to fix-up Soldier Field by tearing the entire thing down except for the exterior facade and rebuilding a completely different stadium within the old footprint.

    They preserved it so well that the stadium was de-listed as a National Historic Landmark.
     
  10. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    For those of us living in and around the District, there is an ongoing process of trying to head off the grandiose and generally useless plans that people outside of the area want to foist onto us when it comes to areas like the RFK reservation.

    The National Mall is a pretty good example of grandiose government planning that has pretty much failed to deliver useful and usable public space. Taking RFK and turning it into some sort of national monument to old-school stadiums would be a similarly foolish plan.
     
  11. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    It's all relative. I consider Tiger Stadium to have been far more significant as a cultural/architectural landmark than RFK, but not many cried when they tore it down.

    RFK was a carbon copy of Atlanta-Fulton County stadium (or rather, the other way around), but people didn't cry for it either (except that the Georgia Dome is a mausoleum).
     
  12. Jimbo

    Jimbo Member

    Dec 17, 1999
    Washington, DC
    As someone who used to live in Corktown next to Tiger Stadium (I could be in a seat if I left my stoop at the start of the national anthem) I shed a tear for Tiger Stadium. If they'd converted it to a soccer stadium it would have had a great atmosphere. RFK has more charm than the J. Edgar Hoover building, but that isn't saying much. Regardless, RFK isn't part of DC United's future (and is that's what the DC government thinks, then DC will probably start packing).
     
  13. itwasi

    itwasi Member+

    May 9, 2008
    I don't know
    Club:
    DC United
    And you thought Baltimore was the only alternative from Kyle Sheldon's twitter stream:

    "RT @PatKessler: Little known #Vikings stadium factoid: Bill gives Wilf family 5-year exclusive right to bring MLS team to new facility."
     
  14. Untroubled by Reason

    Dec 5, 2007
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wouldn't put it past 'em. Those frigid, low-life bastiges stole the Senators from DC a little over fifty years ago! :mad:
     
  15. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    well, optimistically ;), if they moved to Minnysoda at least DC might get a new franchise one day; if they just move up the street to Bahlmer, no way that ever happens (well, not until MLS gets as big as the NFL anyway, and I'll be too old to enjoy it, or anything, by then)
     
  16. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    What happened to this?

    [​IMG]
     
  17. stangspritzring

    stangspritzring Member+

    Apr 3, 2006
    NorMD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  18. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    a real estate auction you say? Quick, someone grab Will Chang's checkbook while I distract him ....... if he owned 10 acres there, would DC let him use another 10 of that land (that'll likely never have anything on it) to make the site big enough? ;)
     
  19. The Stever

    The Stever Member

    Dec 4, 2003

    Not terribly surprising for those of us who have (a) seen the photos, (b) attended an event at Soldier Field meets Alien Spaceship, and/or (c) had beers thrown at us on the field by fans in the balcony during an international "friendly." That balcony on the east side is REALLY close to the touch line... but I digress.

    Never, in a million years, would the Fed allow RFK to become Soldier Field Debacle East... and that is probably a very good thing.
     
  20. The Stever

    The Stever Member

    Dec 4, 2003
    FROM MLS WEBSITE:

    "New England Revolution Announces Plans for Soccer-Specific Stadium near Hartford"

    Admit it, for just that one second, you all started to think, "oh, s***!"
    No worries, it won't happen in our lifetime, either...
     
  21. ImNumberTen

    ImNumberTen Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What is the purpose of this post? And the opposite version you put on the Revs board?
     
  22. ImNumberTen

    ImNumberTen Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  23. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
  24. stangspritzring

    stangspritzring Member+

    Apr 3, 2006
    NorMD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He Zzzzzzzz'd through your post.
     

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