Review: 2019 Audi Field Experiences

Discussion in 'D.C. United' started by morrissey, Feb 25, 2019.

  1. JayRockers!

    JayRockers! Member+

    Aug 4, 2001
    I’d rather DC United not go more bankrupt than they already are. This market already couldn’t sustain two other women’s franchises (OK-one franchise, twice). Let some other entity take the loss.

    Thx,

    Jay!
     
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  2. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    RFK was a money pit, but it wasn't the market that failed. It was the leagues that failed. Likewise (and yes, I know he's dead), ******** Dan Borislow. He moved that team after the Freedom were basically a farmburning team that kept professional women's soccer alive when leagues died. The Hendricks did a lot for soccer in this region and especially women's soccer. From that standpoint, it's sad to see the Spirit leave the Soccerplex, but I will never miss going out there. I don't want to see the team in Loudoun either. The team should be in DC.

    At this point, I'd almost want the Spirit owners brought into United's group. There needs to be more in this ownership group.
     
  3. Wyrm2

    Wyrm2 Member

    Apr 29, 2007
    Silver Spring
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Super Excited!!! Just got a Black Friday offer for tickets to the opener AND ALL THREE FRIENDLIES! (and a beanie)

    I cant wait to get on that
     
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  4. UnitedBorn

    UnitedBorn Member+

    Dec 7, 2015
    301
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You should buy now before it sells out
     
  5. GumbyG

    GumbyG Member+

    DC United
    Mar 22, 2007
    Chesapeake, VA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Whatever happened to this "eminent domain" I keep hearing about from the elderly and infirm?
     
  6. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Huh? Why would DC use eminent domain to take land from a shining new development that it had just approved in Buzzard's Point?
     
  7. GumbyG

    GumbyG Member+

    DC United
    Mar 22, 2007
    Chesapeake, VA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that municipalities in the past had fewer qualms about requisitioning land for the public good.

    You could certainly make the case that the lack of a parking structure on Buzzard Point is bad for business development, including two stadiums, and that the city could run such a structure at a handsome profit, given they're adding vertical living space and retail, building out the waterfront and drastically reducing public parking options with that plan.

    I also wonder where all those kids are going to school, stuff like that. It's probably just me. :D
     
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  8. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I was in the area today and took 995 photos. I almost went back when I realized I was that close to 1000. I hadn't paid much attention to how quickly the hotel is popping up north of the stadium. It's nice to be able to really see how the arches are going to look on the bridge. Peninsula 88 has had crews working on interior stuff for months. They're even putting in some landscaping around sidewalks now. I did see one of my friends, but I just missed taking a photo. It surprised me being in the Akridge lot south of the stadium and dipping into a storm drain.
     
  9. autogolazzo

    autogolazzo Member+

    Mar 4, 2007
    Sidwell Friends is just a helicopter ride away, anyway.
     
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  10. autogolazzo

    autogolazzo Member+

    Mar 4, 2007
    Please share!
     
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  11. DC Braveheart

    DC Braveheart Member

    D.C. United
    Scotland
    Jan 2, 2001
    Oak Hill, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    He won't unless you promise him one of those beers he never got last time round :)
     
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  12. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I only demand that the first picture show me a gutter downspout, hopefully properly painted!

    But really, if you can't even take 1,000 pictures, why even bother to post any :cool:
     
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  13. Adler

    Adler Member+

    Aug 20, 2003
    das Schloss Adler
    Club:
    DC United
    Screw the hotel . . . ;)
    . . . do any of those 995 photos show Safe Standing being installed in the North (Chico) End?
     
  14. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    There were a number of people who were adamant that it was going to happen. I know its warm right now, but weather this time of year is usually worse and never predictable. I was surprised to not see it going in at the beginning of last month when we were there for the kids clinic. They had ripped out the field level seating in front of the Heinekin Club so that's presumably getting an upgrade.
     
  15. autogolazzo

    autogolazzo Member+

    Mar 4, 2007
    Will we ever get a roof (that is not just the frame of a roof)?

    I heard that Luka Modric likes roofs.
     
  16. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    Since Modric isn't coming, no roof for you! When I first selected westside seats at AF, I picked Row 14 more on a whim than anything. As it turned out, I'm in the first row that is covered when it rains, who knew?
     
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  17. PSURoss

    PSURoss Member+

    Sep 30, 2002
    DC Burbs
    I found the holding breath emoji ... :x3:

    Based on cost, I don't think its ever happening. Everyone other than Roche has gotten over it and moved on. We sit in the first row of the section so we never had much expectation of benefit from a roof unless the rain was light and there wasn't much breeze, but I can get where someone expected to sit under cover is pissed that its not there.
     
  18. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I sat on the West side during the USA vs Cuba League of Nations match. I did like the view from over there, but the lack of a roof over the lower rows does suck.
     
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  19. John L

    John L Member+

    Sep 20, 2003
    Alexandria, VA
    Second row from the top on the East Side. We don’t get the rain but we do get any cold wind from the northwest.
     
  20. autogolazzo

    autogolazzo Member+

    Mar 4, 2007
  21. pats1237

    pats1237 Member

    Oct 28, 2006
    The District
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  22. Hedbal

    Hedbal Member+

    Jul 31, 2000
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You bastard! The thirty seconds I believed you almost cost me a 911 call.
     
  23. autogolazzo

    autogolazzo Member+

    Mar 4, 2007
    Wait, I've only attended the inaugural match at Audi Field. I don't see the "Hype Guy" anywhere in this video. Is he not around anymore?
     
  24. griffin1108

    griffin1108 BigSoccer Supporter

    Dec 5, 2003
    Virginia
    Witless protection.
     
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  25. Adler

    Adler Member+

    Aug 20, 2003
    das Schloss Adler
    Club:
    DC United
    I'd respond with some smart assed comment, but I'm one of the local angry techno-Luddites who can't access this link.
    So, someone tell me: Is this just another "Modric signs" pysch-out (dickhead, whoever did that ;)) or is this actual photo-evidence of safe-standing being installed?
     

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