DC would put a ball park on the mall and make the capitol a parking lot if that's what it took to get MLB. Face the facts. I love RFK (not necesarily the mgmt.) It has great site lines. I have sat all over that stadium. from watching the current tenants (DC United and Freedom) to the Dips and Team America. Great memories, Alan Green, Paul Cannell, Joe Horvath, Johann Cruyaff, Sonny Askew of old. And National games against Guat, Guat, Hondorus (not so great ), Scotland. And other Nat'l teams, S Korea, Ghana, Brazil (W) in '96 Olympics and Spain/Norway, Saudi in World cup 96. But RFK is too big for either DC United or Freedom. It doesn't make sense to pay for a 55k stadium when you average less than 20K. Soccer (Phil and his cash) needs to build a 30K stadium. Because you're deluding yourself, if you think DC won't make a deal to bring MLB and then worry (or not) about the current tenants. I know that I won't support a soccer team that plays with a baseball infield. Regardless, if MLB comes, the Freedom would probably have 3rd pick of dates (after DC United). How does Wednesday afternoon games at 2pm, strike you? OK perhaps a little over the line... But you see the point? Freedom will need to move if (and perhaps even if not) MLB comes. The next question is where. Ideally it would be on a Metro line, but I'm not sure how much traffic is generated via the Metro. Probably more importantly would be the demographic marketing audience, girls 9-15 and their families. I would expect an equal pull from both MD (mont. co especially) and VA (Fairfax and Dulles corridor), Springfield. I think Germantown sports complex, College Park, possibly Largo highschool, George Mason (not sure of the facilities). Other ideas? Just my quarter's worth...
I really don't think the Freedom or DC United would stay at RFK should a MLB team move there. It's not like football. You can't play with dirt on your pitch. If I were the Freedom or DC, I'd be looking for somewhere else to play.
I agree. This isn't basketball or hockey where you can change the court into ice in a matter of an hour. It would be too much of a hassle to have three teams sharing a stadium...especially since baseball has a 162-game schedule. Plus, who wants to play in a 50,000 seat stadium and it's only like 1/5 full? That's like a Montreal Expos game at Olympic Stadium...and we all know how sad that is...
I always take the metro to games and the train are always full of people- kids, adults, college folk, etc.- I'd say atleast 3-5 trainloads on average- I really hope that we can keep the team somewhere accessible to people in the city