I thought DC already had a baseball stadium.
Las Vegas is a perfect location for a National League team, which could replace Colorado (and miserable Coors Field) in the NL West. It has been suggested that the Florida Marlins are interested in moving there. San Francsico, Los Angeles, San Diego, Arizona and Las Vegas would make up a great, low-travel division.
Obviously, Linda is not getting a sufficient cut from the deal since that's how things are done with the DC city council. Nothing is done in DC unless there is money to go around for the council member and their friends. The cost per student for their public school system is the highest in the US and yet they get such a sub-standard education it's pathetic.
Northern Virginia is the only other legitimate site for the team since the other sites don't have the kind of television coverage that DC/Northern Virginia has.
Damn. Leave it to the DC Council to kill a sure thing.
Mind you, the uniforms for the Nationals are set to be unveiled today.
Say Bye Bye to the Nationals.
DC really does not want a team.
Good. I'm tired of cities and states taking it in the shorts to build the "manufacturing plants" for professional sports. The ticket price and TV/radio contracts should cover the stadium along with the team's salaries. The taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook any more than they should pay for movie theaters for Hollywood's profit. Once a few cities refuse to pay, then maybe the rest will start driving better deals with teams.
Who wants to play baseball in the desert all summer? Norfolk VA is standing by, we already have a financing deal approved and the Expos can play in Harbor Park in 2005.
Puzzling . . . isn't this the same bunch of socialist nut cases that want to raise people's taxes for everything else under the sun. Since when did they start being so fiscally responsible?
Jeez, why can't they use RFK? (Aside from the fact that it's in a neighborhood that makes Fallujah look like Rodeo Drive, that is.)
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Congested downtown turdville DC needs a baseball team like I need a gaping, bloody, sucking chest wound.
Three main reasons: space, money, and traffic.
The proposed Northern Virginia site at Dulles is a HUGELY more attractive - and practical - site!