Sorry to be the bearer of bad news... I just spoke to Jimmy, they won't be opening tonight due to street closures around the White House. Even if he were able to get his staff in, none of us would be allowed to pass through the barriers.
David isn't home from work yet or I could ask him this....But do any of you know whether Fanatics\Archibalds at 15th and K are open today?
AS IF!!! upstairs from Archibald's is the sports bar.....I don't know how busy they get up there on Saturday nights, thought it might be worth a shot.
Just heard that the game will be on at the Capitol Lounge, On Pennsylvania Ave, SE, 'tween 2nd & 3rd. 202-547-2465
I've lived in the DC Metro area since 1987. I don't ever remember such a huge area of DC being closed. Do you? If if this had happened 3 years ago, I'd have written Cluck Finton.
Right on! Too bad Bull Connor isn't around anymore. Also, I hear that the march is being co-sponsored by a group that calls itself the Latin American Solidarity Coalition. Hopefully the INS will be in full force to cart all those illegals back to where they came from. [/sarcasm off]
Archibalds! you toad ! the strip joint place. Ha that would be funny to watch the game there. I've had my share of time at Archibald's me being a real guy. Watch the girls and the game. A two for one deal. Soccer-6-Shooter
Amen, bash those crusty 60's wannabes. We brought freedom to Iraq and we took names doing it. I'm raising a pint to all my ex-comrades in the combat engineers...God bless them. Protesters can send donations to Syria now. I wasn't going to the Exchange, but I'm sorry for Chico. United's result sucked no matter where you watched it.
Right On! They were wrong then about civil rights and they're wrong now about global justice! [/sarcasm off]
Isn't there another forum for posting intelligent and interesting political crap? By the way, what is the Exchange like? How long have they been showing DCU games?
Anybody catch the Smoking Dutchman giving The Exchange a plug and a shout-out during the CSN broadcast?
I know you all like to ride Rongen but the team told him that's where the fans were gathering. Alas, no one thought of telling him it was cancelled. K
Kind of annoying that DCU was nice enough to mass email me with at least two invitations to the party at the Exchange, but couldn't send an email letting people know that the place was closed. We spent a lot of time walking to various barricades asking the cops if we could get to 17th & G, not to mention getting stuck in hippie traffic just to get in and out of there. I wonder when the DC police notified the Exchange that they would have to be closed on Saturday anyway? Regardless, the Capitol Lounge was a good place to watch the game. Lots of friendly DCU fans there.
I wasn't riding Rongen. I was just saying that I heard him mention the Exchange as the place to watch the game in DC.
It was early afternoon when Jimmy from the Exchange figured out he couldn't get his staff in to work. By that time it would have been nearly impossible for DCU to get the word out via email. (not sure their offices are open on Saturday). Dave Brothers' wife Vicky opened this thread as soon as she heard and called me on my cell. We tried to get a word of mouth thing going but couldn't reach everyone. Thank God most people saw the thread on BigSoccer, like Lowecifer who was travelling from Baltimore. Regardless, DCU went the extra mile to set things up and I'm sure Jimmys not real happy about losing a couple of grand he would have surely made Saturday night.
I echo what Chico said about "when the Exchange knew." We all heard that the streets would be closed for vehicular traffic but they didn't say anything about pedestrians. One friend of mine got caught up in this mess while going to work. She went from 18th and F trying to walk through the area to 18th and M. Each intersection until 22nd street, the cops said "No, you cannot go through here. No, I don't know where you can walk through." There was absolutely no coordination between the three police agencies that were on the scene. It seems like the Fed's made the call about pedestrians very late or at least failed to announce the closure to any and all non-World Bank/IMF officials. The Exchange like all other businesses in the area got hosed! Unfortunately for them, because they missed out of several thousand dollars worth of business!