Author Topic: Washington [Insert Name Here for an NFL team] Thread (2020)  (Read 16619 times)

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Offline OldChelsea

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Re: Washington Redskins Thread (2020)
« Reply #150: July 06, 2020, 11:18:00 AM »
6 months too late- DC isn't going to have the money or the desire to subsidize a stadium

...especially with the supporter base as diminished as it is now. They could build a new ground the size of RFK (it seated 55,745 when the Redskins played there) and have room for everybody - heck, right now they could fit everyone into Nats Park (capacity a bit over 41k).

And as far as subsidies and cost to the city are concerned, they'll soften that blow by requiring STH to purchase personal seat licences, something FedEx Field did not require (at least during my STH tenure there, 2000-10). And don't forget that a large portion of the seating is going to be premium/luxury - 'Washington Redskins' may be a horrendously damaged brand nowadays but the NFL is still the ticket.