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Sorry I look like an idiot. Didn't read 2nd page.

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[quote=johnerotten;488306]will the NYG& NYJ stadium have a roof on it?[/quote]

No roof but depending on who is playing it will change color,Blue Giants ,Green Jets.

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[quote=SBXVII;488321]The big question is how many more yrs do the Skins have on their lease in MD? If it's not long I'm sure a bidding war will begin and that benefits Snyder. If MD is not interested in keeping the Skins which I doubt then DC could put any price on a stadium.[/quote]


I don't know if you can call it a lease.It was a deal between the 2 to cover infrastucture by the added tax base and the forcast of how long it would take to pay for the things,also what do you do with and empty NFL stadium that holds 90 thoudsand people.The whole complex has been built around that stadium,home values ....nope they can't just pullout.

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[quote=Giantone;488341]No roof but depending on who is playing it will change color,Blue Giants ,Green Jets.[/quote]


do you think the skins/giants,giants/eagles,or cowboys/giants will play the first ever regular season game there? my money is on giants/eagles.

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[quote=johnerotten;488352]do you think the skins/giants,giants/eagles,or cowboys/giants will play the first ever regular season game there? my money is on giants/eagles.[/quote]

what about Jets/Giants? don't know if that year is the AFC East/NFC East year.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;488355]what about Jets/Giants? don't know if that year is the AFC East/NFC East year.[/quote]


if they follow the skins schedule,i don't think they will play a regular season game until 2011.i don't know if they could request to play each other or not,
but that's certainly something i'm sure both teams would explore.i hope that next season that the skins/cowboys won't play the 1st regular season game ever at the new texas stadium though,but it would'nt surprise me if they did.

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[quote=Giantone;488342]I don't know if you can call it a lease.It was a deal between the 2 to cover infrastucture by the added tax base and the forcast of how long it would take to pay for the things,also what do you do with and empty NFL stadium that holds 90 thoudsand people.The whole complex has been built around that stadium,home values ....nope they can't just pullout.[/quote]


I agree with you but when Snyder wants something he makes it happen. MD could use it for concerts, DC soccer..United, or any number of other things. They might have to do some reconstruction though.or tear it down and put some thing nice on it like a park for the public or turn it into a mall.LOL.

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[quote=SBXVII;488368]I agree with you but when Snyder wants something he makes it happen. MD could use it for concerts, DC soccer..United, or any number of other things. They might have to do some reconstruction though.or tear it down and put some thing nice on it like a park for the public or turn it into a mall.LOL.[/quote]


To big for DC United and there is a brand New Mall across the Beltway(part of the rebuilding of the area) also as part of the original deal there is a sports complex for the kids sitting right be side FedEX.I thought about University of Maryland but they just re did theit stadium am and could not afford to buy anything or keep it up,the Danny would need to sell yet the value is in the Stadium, so you can't tear it down.

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it maybe 10 years,but a new stadium in dc will happen.what about the naming rights to fed ex field?were'nt the like 200 million for 20 years?

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[quote=johnerotten;488052]no disrespect to the nationals,but i would have tried and built the redskins a new stadium
with a roof than a new stadium just for the nationals.the redskins are the life blood of
dc, all the other pro sports teams are way,way back when it comes to being the most popular team from there.the nationals are gonna stink for eternity 10 years,so are the wizards and they don't sell out years in advance like the skins do.[/quote]

True! Last Nats game I attended, a few months back, filled half the stadium. Out of that half, a quarter left before the 7th inning - and the Nats were WINNING! crap like this kills me that skins fans have to schlep out to maryland.

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Let's here on out call the new stadium - Gibbs Field. Sure, it'll have some corporate moniker, but Joe deserves something more than signage in the ring of fame. As someone said before, he needs hometown enshrinement.

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The new Cowboys stadium was orginally supposed to cost $650 million, the stadium's current construction cost is in excess of $1 billion. This is in Texas where land is a fraction of the DC area costs and the cost of construction is also much lower.

With the economy in bad shape, our federal and local government budgets running at huge deficits, and our national debt multiplying at a quick rate, I do not see this happening anytime soon.
It is not the best time to try and borrow $1billion right now, even for Snyder. The federal goverment is giving billions to keep financial and lending institutions afloat.
I do not think the DC area tax payers are going to vote yes to put up bonds to finance this.
IMO it is not going to happen.

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[quote=Giantone;488342]I don't know if you can call it a lease.It was a deal between the 2 to cover infrastucture by the added tax base and the forcast of how long it would take to pay for the things,also what do you do with and empty NFL stadium that holds 90 thoudsand people.The whole complex has been built around that stadium,home values ....nope they can't just pullout.[/quote]
I think that I read that it was constructed with the ability to easily be converted into a shopping or office complex.

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[quote=johnerotten;489085]it maybe 10 years,but a new stadium in dc will happen.what about the naming rights to fed ex field?were'nt the like 200 million for 20 years?[/quote]



I thought more like 20 mil for 10 years.

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All I want in the New stadium is for it to Rock just like RFK. Probably not going to happen though.