Review: 2019 Audi Field Experiences

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

  1. Hedbal

    Hedbal Member+

    Jul 31, 2000
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why am I nor surprised that someone with the name "Adler" takes the eagle's side?Who speaks for the groundhog/woodchuck?
     
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  2. Hedbal

    Hedbal Member+

    Jul 31, 2000
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just to clarify the post above: "Adler" means "eagle" in German and Yiddish. While I hope for some sympathy for the groundhog (he looks cute in Sitruc's photo) I have no idea what the German/Yiddish word for it is. I just don't want to see one carried away as an Audi Field game-day snack by Adler's eagle.
     
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  3. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    ******** the birds. I guess ownership saw a LAFC game and realized some of United's identity was something worth using after letting the expansion teams have it all.

    ******** birds... this thread getting bumped made me realize I have full post about birds just waiting for me to hit "Post Reply."
     
  4. John L

    John L Member+

    Sep 20, 2003
    Alexandria, VA
    Ground Hog: Murmeltier

    Raccoon: Waschbaer
     
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  5. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia

    Wear masks. Listen to science. Don't be an asshole.
     
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  6. usadcu

    usadcu Member

    Aug 25, 2005
    Alexandria, VA
    Regarding the passing of Allen Lew, I was reading the obituary in the Wash Post and came across this about Lew's time at the helm of DC Sports & Entertainment:

    "...where his first task was to turn the decrepit RFK Stadium — largely unused since the Washington Redskins departed the city for suburban Maryland in 1997 — into a temporary home for the city’s new Major League Baseball franchise."

    Sure enough, the obit was written by Marc Fisher.
     
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  7. Winoman

    Winoman Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De!

    Jul 26, 2000
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ...otherwise known as [​IMG]
     
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  8. Eben

    Eben Member

    Sep 16, 1999
    Fairfax, VA
    And the Post has comments turned off for the obit, which may be its SOP but also means no one can point out there was already a tenant. F@#* Fisher!
     
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  9. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fisher is also one of the writers for that bizarre 2018 Tom Toles Halloween party article that ran a few days ago.
     
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  10. Adler

    Adler Member+

    Aug 20, 2003
    das Schloss Adler
    Club:
    DC United
    What a dick.

    If I were the guhzillionaire owner of DCU, I would send an open letter to the WashPost demanding a retraction and apology, lest I immediately buy-out the Audi naming rights deal and rename the place "Marc Fisher Stadium", complete with life-sized bronze statue suitable for toppling.

    The press release would state that AF was renamed "to honor perhaps DCU's greatest fan."

    Fisher's friends and colleagues would scheisse-torment him for the rest of his life.

    Passive-aggression at it's best. :cautious:
     
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  11. Section 107

    Section 107 Member+

    DCU
    United States
    Jul 18, 2018
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    I know this is two weeks old but have been on travel; But I gotta pick at this scab:

    You buried the lede and didnt share this part of Fisher's drivel:
    "The renovation was finished just in time for the Washington Nationals’ inaugural season in 2005. Although the stadium lacked the amenities of modern ballparks and, some stadium officials contended, regularly hosted more rodents than fans, it quickly became beloved as a fan-friendly wreck with seats that bounced and aisles far wider than any modern designer would provide," while later giving Lew credit for Audi Field.

    Which is just another confirmation of what we have always known....
     
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  12. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I nearly tripped over one of these while trying to watch the Spirit match. Image.jpeg 20200712_141847.jpeg
     
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  13. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nice Beaver!
     
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  14. Hedbal

    Hedbal Member+

    Jul 31, 2000
    DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Beaver?
     
  15. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Was going for the Naked Gun pun. Backfired I guess.
     
  16. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    #1066 sitruc, Jul 12, 2020
    Last edited: Jul 12, 2020
    I actually saw four different groundhogs around Buzzard Point today. The one in these photos is the smallest one I saw. There was a much larger one in the same area that I nearly tripped over.

    I also saw an osprey grab/kill a small mammal/rodent of some type when I turned around to the new bridge construction after taking photos of that groundhog. It took it to the top of the temporary supports for the final arches. Hopefully it wasn't friend or family to one of the groundhogs. I've seen (likely the same osprey) grabbing fish the past two weeks. The water was looking high out there today. It was the first time in a while that I didn't see Canada geese. ******** the pigeons.


    I had this open in a tab to post a while ago, but their first game in the stadium is on espn2 right now...

    I can't get over how dumb USL is with fans in the stands (30% capacity for this one), but the stadium is similar to and better than United's in many ways.
     
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  17. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    We better have another Hokie ready to step up.
     
  18. John L

    John L Member+

    Sep 20, 2003
    Alexandria, VA
  19. DC Braveheart

    DC Braveheart Member

    D.C. United
    Scotland
    Jan 2, 2001
    Oak Hill, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
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  20. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I don't feel as bad about still going down there weekly and still not dumping photos in this thread.
     
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  21. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
  22. John L

    John L Member+

    Sep 20, 2003
    Alexandria, VA

     
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  23. morrissey

    morrissey Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 18, 2000
    West Los Angeles, Calif
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes!!!!!
     
  24. Section 107

    Section 107 Member+

    DCU
    United States
    Jul 18, 2018
    I dunno, well, yes and no. I mean Elvis was there. It's like in Office Space when Peter is told that Lumbergh already got Joanna....
     
  25. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    20200726_171658.jpg I just wanted Ultras to know their charcoal grill is now behind a fenced off area.
    20200726_171533.jpg
     
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