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

Since he is prepared to sell AEG (see panic-induced threads on various other teams' pages -- start with the Galaxy for a good laugh), maybe Anschutz, Inc. could use the capital he raises in the sale to purchase the capital... I mean the entire district (less the federal buildings and park)... you can build a DCU stadium wherever you want it!

 

perhaps, but the "priority seating" only applies within the future stadium, and not for the choice seating on the bus ride itself.

 

I only take the train.

 

We need extended MARC hours.

 

Of course they've not had 27 threads of this to make an art form of the speculation process.

 

I'm pretty sure you're kidding, but this may really be the most expeditious path to a new stadium at this point.

 

Don't you mean the Book of Lamentations?

 

Uhmmm... yes, and I am still LMAO...

 

I'm pretty sure every discussion possible in this thread has already been posed in this thread.

 

Including your very response, and a subsequent discussion about whether every discussion possible has been posed.

 

Has anyone ever discussed rebuilding RFK?

 

I'm not out there yet. Has it finally completely caved in?

 

Have any of the Americana-preservationist freaks tried to intervene? I mean, St. Louis, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Philly, New York (Mets/Jets) and Cincinnati all had those funky multi-purpose, put some of the seating areas on rollers and slide them to reconfigure type stadiums... and I believe RFK is now the oldest of the lot and the sole survivor...

 

Just read this article from MLS N&A.

D.C. United stadium push focusing on Buzzard Point
http://washingtonexaminer.com/d.c.-...on-buzzard-point/article/2508908#.UGGCoI5EAqZ

Seems like some progress is being made with the new owners on board.

 

Oh, great, you jinxed it.

 

well, once we win MLS Cup this fall, that jinx will go away

 

exactly. and these days, MLS Cup is hardly worth winning unless your club also gets to host it. I'm assuming they'll open up the upper bowl at RFK for the 2012 and 2013 MLS Cup finals, until DC will be ready to host their third consecutive MLS Cup at that time but in their new (and smaller) venue in 2014. Although, at that point, they'll probably want to consider playing ("next-door") in Nationals Stadium to accommodate the bigger crowds for those one-off Cup finals.

 

Yes. And while we wait for the 2026 World Cup (and the 2026 MLS Cup final) at the primary East Coast US Soccer Home venue at Union Station DC, United can/will probably have to host about 10 straight MLS Cup finals at the new NFL venue that is bound to pop back up relatively soon over by the DC Armory. (And it will be nice to have the closeable roof in that big venue given that MLS Cup will likely keep getting pushed deeper and deeper into December. Or they could just use the open roof setting at DC's NFL venue once MLS Cup gets moved to June.)

 

When do we get the magic unicorns that poop gold?

 

It was fortunate that Thohir/Levien/Chang were able to take over that new stadium when Snyder had to go to prison for cutting down all of the trees in Rock Creek Park. Something about his view being impeded.

 

I believe that happens after "the current step of assembling the land" and as part of the process to "figure out how to finance the project" -- as outlined in Craig Stouffer's write-up from 9/24/12:

And in a sense, Thohir is kinda already (or could be) that magical unicorn, and United just (as if it is a simple task) needs to work with the city to "assemble the land" near/at the site they desire, and then work out (as if it also is a simple task) some agreement for a public/private(Thohir) partnership to finance the infrastructure needs and the new MLS (and other events) stadium in DC.

 

I want that shit.

 

Wait, I was led to believe they pooped Skittles™