Kinda like how the Germans modified the Reichstag to make it modern but neoclassical
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BraveLilToasterOven
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I am still a little nervous that they won't get the 7 votes needed to approve the deal. I feel like they will start adding more and more conditions that make the process difficult. Time will tell.
At the end of the day, a decaying stadium that just sits there isn't good for anyone. Infrastructure updates with taxpayer money will be needed regardless what they do with that land. We're fortunate to have an owner who is putting up the majority of the cost.
At the end of the day, a decaying stadium that just sits there isn't good for anyone. Infrastructure updates with taxpayer money will be needed regardless what they do with that land. We're fortunate to have an owner who is putting up the majority of the cost.
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Skinsfan1311
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That court order only applies to truck stops..
NFL commissioner, Commanders owner pitch D.C. Council on stadium deal
Roger Goodell and Josh Harris attended an informal meet and greet hosted by Mayor Muriel Bowser to discuss their stadium project.
May 6, 2025 at 6:46 p.m. EDT
By Jenny Gathright, Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va ... l-meeting/
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders principal owner Josh Harris worked Monday to garner support from D.C. Council members for the team’s deal with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to build a new stadium in the District, according to Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and a Bowser spokesperson.
The lobbying effort at the Wilson Building — where Goodell and Harris met privately with Mendelson and mingled with all but one of the council’s members in the mayor’s ceremonial room — demonstrated the extent of the NFL commissioner’s personal investment in expanding the football league’s footprint in the District.
The Commanders hope to achieve that with about $1 billion in public funds from the city that would go toward building a new stadium at the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium site in Southeast and surrounding development. Goodell, Harris and Bowser came to the Wilson Building after an Oval Office news conference blocks away at the White House, where they joined President Donald Trump in announcing D.C. as the location of the 2027 NFL draft.
But the deal to bring the NFL to the RFK site is far from done, several council members said. Mendelson said he remains wary of allocating public money for a stadium and is waiting to see more details. However, he gave some indication that a stadium may be in the city’s future during a news conference on Monday.
“I expect something will go forward,” Mendelson said. But, he added, he anticipates that the council will make changes to the deal. Perhaps the central political question facing lawmakers, the mayor, the team, and the NFL is how significant those changes might be.
Bowser hosted the informal meet and greet Monday afternoon, Mendelson said.
The spread of refreshments was modest — a couple of cheese plates and some water, according to council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large). The deal, on the other hand, is hefty: It would have the Commanders contributing $2.7 billion and D.C. taxpayers footing more than $1 billion for additional costs, including stadium infrastructure, parking areas, public recreation facilities and a transportation study.
Several council members said Harris and Goodell — who spent some of his childhood years in D.C. as the son of a U.S. senator — gave a brief sales pitch for the deal and answered some questions from lawmakers about the city’s contribution.
Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), who has expressed skepticism about using public funds for the stadium, said he interpreted Goodell and Harris’s posture as a shift from their announcement with Bowser last week, when Allen said team officials gave the impression that the deal was a sure thing.
On Monday, Allen said, their message had morphed into: “We want to earn your support,” as Allen described it.
Goodell stressed his D.C. ties — noting to several council members that he attended John Eaton Elementary, a public school in Cleveland Park, and describing his upbringing in D.C. as a relic of a time when “members of Congress used to live here and raise their families here,” Allen said.
The only council member not in attendance at the reception was Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1), who said Tuesday that she “wasn’t making a statement” with her absence and that she simply had other commitments. But she said she is still staunchly opposed to a stadium, preferring that D.C.’s dollars and land be used for other priorities.
Some other council members — like Zachary Parker (D-Ward 5) and Allen — have said they need to see changes before they can vote for the deal, which needs the support of a council majority. Others, like Christina Henderson (I-At Large), Robert C. White Jr. (D-At Large) and Matthew Frumin (D-Ward 3), have said the high price tag for taxpayers gives them pause but they are open to looking at the deal and potential improvements.
“Eight thousand parking spots and not a penny for Metro? It’s a nonstarter for me,” said Allen, who added that he is getting stopped in the grocery store by residents, including die-hard Commanders fans, “who say this is not a good deal yet.”
Mendelson met separately with Goodell and Harris, a conversation he described in an interview as “very cordial and positive.” But, he said, “it was not a negotiation.”
Mendelson noted that council members have yet to see full details of the deal and have only seen the term sheet and slides that Bowser’s team made public during last month’s announcement.
More information on what the city would contribute is in Bowser’s budget proposal, which she has yet to unveil in full.
In an interview on WAMU 88.5’s “the Politics Hour” on Friday, Bowser said that she does not want the council making significant changes to the deal.
Mendelson said Monday that he expects the council to carefully examine the financial details, citing past development arrangements — like the one at Audi Field in Southeast — where the council made changes to the original proposal that he says saved the city money. The term sheet between Bowser and the team set a mid-July deadline for council approval, but Mendelson said lawmakers could take longer.
“If the past is prologue, then I expect that we will make the deal even better for taxpayers, to the tune of millions, probably tens of millions of dollars,” Mendelson said during the news conference.
Bonds interpreted Goodell’s presence at the Wilson Building as a sign of how important the city is to the NFL.
“It’s huge for the fans; it’s huge for our city,” she said.
Bonds said she would approve the deal if it came up for a vote, making her one of four council members who have conveyed full support for the proposal. And she said she believes a majority of council members — seven — would eventually vote the deal through.
Roger Goodell and Josh Harris attended an informal meet and greet hosted by Mayor Muriel Bowser to discuss their stadium project.
May 6, 2025 at 6:46 p.m. EDT
By Jenny Gathright, Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va ... l-meeting/
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders principal owner Josh Harris worked Monday to garner support from D.C. Council members for the team’s deal with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to build a new stadium in the District, according to Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and a Bowser spokesperson.
The lobbying effort at the Wilson Building — where Goodell and Harris met privately with Mendelson and mingled with all but one of the council’s members in the mayor’s ceremonial room — demonstrated the extent of the NFL commissioner’s personal investment in expanding the football league’s footprint in the District.
The Commanders hope to achieve that with about $1 billion in public funds from the city that would go toward building a new stadium at the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium site in Southeast and surrounding development. Goodell, Harris and Bowser came to the Wilson Building after an Oval Office news conference blocks away at the White House, where they joined President Donald Trump in announcing D.C. as the location of the 2027 NFL draft.
But the deal to bring the NFL to the RFK site is far from done, several council members said. Mendelson said he remains wary of allocating public money for a stadium and is waiting to see more details. However, he gave some indication that a stadium may be in the city’s future during a news conference on Monday.
“I expect something will go forward,” Mendelson said. But, he added, he anticipates that the council will make changes to the deal. Perhaps the central political question facing lawmakers, the mayor, the team, and the NFL is how significant those changes might be.
Bowser hosted the informal meet and greet Monday afternoon, Mendelson said.
The spread of refreshments was modest — a couple of cheese plates and some water, according to council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large). The deal, on the other hand, is hefty: It would have the Commanders contributing $2.7 billion and D.C. taxpayers footing more than $1 billion for additional costs, including stadium infrastructure, parking areas, public recreation facilities and a transportation study.
Several council members said Harris and Goodell — who spent some of his childhood years in D.C. as the son of a U.S. senator — gave a brief sales pitch for the deal and answered some questions from lawmakers about the city’s contribution.
Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), who has expressed skepticism about using public funds for the stadium, said he interpreted Goodell and Harris’s posture as a shift from their announcement with Bowser last week, when Allen said team officials gave the impression that the deal was a sure thing.
On Monday, Allen said, their message had morphed into: “We want to earn your support,” as Allen described it.
Goodell stressed his D.C. ties — noting to several council members that he attended John Eaton Elementary, a public school in Cleveland Park, and describing his upbringing in D.C. as a relic of a time when “members of Congress used to live here and raise their families here,” Allen said.
The only council member not in attendance at the reception was Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1), who said Tuesday that she “wasn’t making a statement” with her absence and that she simply had other commitments. But she said she is still staunchly opposed to a stadium, preferring that D.C.’s dollars and land be used for other priorities.
Some other council members — like Zachary Parker (D-Ward 5) and Allen — have said they need to see changes before they can vote for the deal, which needs the support of a council majority. Others, like Christina Henderson (I-At Large), Robert C. White Jr. (D-At Large) and Matthew Frumin (D-Ward 3), have said the high price tag for taxpayers gives them pause but they are open to looking at the deal and potential improvements.
“Eight thousand parking spots and not a penny for Metro? It’s a nonstarter for me,” said Allen, who added that he is getting stopped in the grocery store by residents, including die-hard Commanders fans, “who say this is not a good deal yet.”
Mendelson met separately with Goodell and Harris, a conversation he described in an interview as “very cordial and positive.” But, he said, “it was not a negotiation.”
Mendelson noted that council members have yet to see full details of the deal and have only seen the term sheet and slides that Bowser’s team made public during last month’s announcement.
More information on what the city would contribute is in Bowser’s budget proposal, which she has yet to unveil in full.
In an interview on WAMU 88.5’s “the Politics Hour” on Friday, Bowser said that she does not want the council making significant changes to the deal.
Mendelson said Monday that he expects the council to carefully examine the financial details, citing past development arrangements — like the one at Audi Field in Southeast — where the council made changes to the original proposal that he says saved the city money. The term sheet between Bowser and the team set a mid-July deadline for council approval, but Mendelson said lawmakers could take longer.
“If the past is prologue, then I expect that we will make the deal even better for taxpayers, to the tune of millions, probably tens of millions of dollars,” Mendelson said during the news conference.
Bonds interpreted Goodell’s presence at the Wilson Building as a sign of how important the city is to the NFL.
“It’s huge for the fans; it’s huge for our city,” she said.
Bonds said she would approve the deal if it came up for a vote, making her one of four council members who have conveyed full support for the proposal. And she said she believes a majority of council members — seven — would eventually vote the deal through.
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PleaseBlitz
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I heard an interesting tidbit the other day. Do you know how many domed stadiums the size of an NFL stadium are on the east coast? One. The Falcons stadium in ATL.
That means that for ANY huge event that needs a domed stadium and wants a venue on the east coast, in the entire Acela corridor where more than 50 million people live, they'll have one option.
That means that for ANY huge event that needs a domed stadium and wants a venue on the east coast, in the entire Acela corridor where more than 50 million people live, they'll have one option.