Great stuff! I enjoyed both articles. I want to see AIR! Your article is very good. It does state, however, that DC United averaged 16+k last year which would give them X amount of fans. The truth is that DC United has averaged 17,292 fans per season for a total of 1,832,964 fans in seven seasons (source: MLS).
I posted info before the make over about contacting DC Sports Commission and voicing our opinions. I cannot find it now. I don't have it here at home so I cannot post it here. Just wondered where it went. I also wanted to pass along that Fred M. in DCU customer service said he thought it was a good site. I contacted him to find out about contacting DC Sports Commission. He was encouraging about making our opinions known.
Virginia baseball stadium locations Here is the latest on the Baseball issue. It specifies 3 Virginia sites that are being considered for the baseball stadium location by the Virginia group trying to obtain a baseball franchise. Of note, one is right next to the building that Summers was considering re-locating to. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14608-2003Feb15.html -Tron
- this article is up on the site in the press section. I'm still looking for more articles on the site. Anyone want to offer one up? #1 Stunna
absolutely.. find me a picture and a quote that you want to use about Jim Rome. Something really ignorant that he said about soccer. you can go to the www.dcunitedstadium.com site and click on "your thoughts" and e-mail the stuff to me. #1 Stunna
He isn't worth the effort. Besides, I don't think he's gone after the Baseball-RFK-DCU situation yet.
someone found a website that has the original rendering of the DC United SSS. I will post it tomorrow morning. Keep those articles coming. I am also planning on turning the site into a fan website that describes pregame activities at the stadium and profiles the supporters groups. details to come. #1 Stunna
Be careful of that one Stunna, I think it's a hoax. As I recall, they just rotated the plan for Darlington's new stadium 90 degrees.
I don't want to be too much of a wet blanket but I think the whole "Baseball is not OK at RFK" theme is, politically, bound to be viewed negatively by city government types and other influential folks. Personally, I think a position statement opposing Major League Baseball at RFK if it has a negative impact on DC United and on RFK as a soccer venue would be more fruitful in getting the attention of the city government and stadium authority. There is probably no way a MLB team's arrival at RFK wouldn't negatively impact DC United, but it just sounds like a less strident and more reasonable position. The mucketty-mucks in city government can count noses. When they compare a team that draws less than 20K fans per game for 15-20 dates with a MLB team that they hope will draw 25-40K fans per game for 81 dates they will not have any difficulty making up their minds. So if we take a position that says baseball and soccer cannot coexist in the same stadium, they'll probably agree and happily terminate our lease. The website looks great and I don't want to denigrate anyone's efforts in getting it up and running. I just fear that the current message is too confrontational and preaches only to a relatively small choir of die-hard soccer fans.
With all due respect to garbaggio I have to disagree. Taking the positon if it has a negative stance is a very weak position. We want the stance that it will have (factual matter) a negative impact. Have you seen the study the Board had down on the impact of baseball in N. Va. it is a piece of crap and they will produce a similar report for D.C. Here are some additional thoughts: 1) Baseball is not coming to the District. It is coming to N. VA. Why would the district want to house a team for one year and piss off the biggest tenent of RFK. Money of course but D.C. really gets the shaft on this deal. 2) The Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority not oinly has clout because of who sits on the Board and the money they have but aslo because they claim 14,000 members. Members who gave limited information name, addresss etc. To fight baseball at RFK a similar group is needed. 3) Even D.C. United seems to have given in to the inevitable and taken a positon of cooperation. That is probably politically wise of them. Everybody else should fight tooth and nail and let them know that they can not screw up our stadium without building us a new one. Even a membership list as described should include a box where people pledge to never purchase tickets to a baseball team or spend money on the team Virginia if they play at RFK even on a temporary basis. 14,000 people in an organized group has a hell of a lot more weight than a web page. That is not a slam on Stunna as the web site is a great start. Starting a group like this should perhaps be a topic of conversation at the HH
I agree with Victory on this one. It's almost like we are playing the part of "bad cop" and the United Managment is playing the part of "good cop". We want to make it seem like we are vigorously opposed to having baseball at RFK, that we won't go see baseball games, and that we will try and make life on baseball as difficult as possible. All the while, United Management goes on with negotiations with the DCSEC. The DCSEC becomes aware that United's fans hate the idea of baseball and are putting pressure on DCU mgmt, and all the while, DCU mgmt is cooperating with DCSEC making them look great. I'm still thinking of working with DCU mgmt to have the opportunity to go speak to the city council about our concerns. Notes on this will come soon. I'd love some more articles. #1 Stunna www.dcunitedstadium.com
Hey, I just noticed the Wade Jackson photo. Can we get a link to http://www.ibiblio.org/footy Thanks!