New Stadium for the Redskins being planned . . .

It's pretty hard to argue with his tight logic.

In our world if you have 500 dollars to spend and you spend it all on tailgating you aren't going to spend it at the local restaurant. In Giantone's world people don't have finite discretionary income and you don't have to make an either/or decisions.

In our world when the billionaire baseball owner threatens to leave town unless the public finance his new stadium the billionaire football owner is likely to ask for the same deal. In Giantone's world baseball and football have nothing to do with each other. .


Can you read at all ????

Cook paid 180 million and the tax payer paid 70 million. What infrastructure did tax payers pay for exactly? The road to enter and exit the stadium? Or perhaps I missed all the hip go-to spots near the stadium.

That's a good question. I would like to see exactly what roads and other infrastructure that was built.

Cooke agreed to build the stadium contingent on the terms that the city would assume responsibility for the infrastructure and parking. - See more at: FedEx Field, Washington Redskins football stadium - Stadiums of Pro Football (http://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/nfc/FedExField.htm#sthash.ym3Z1457.dpuf)

According to this, they had to pay for the parking. Does the county get parking fees or do they go to Danny? If the fees go to Danny, I have a huge problem with this.


Also, it looks like parking prices have gone up.

Redskins parking fees at FedExField skyrocket - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG (http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/26230865/redskins-parking-fees-at-fedexfield-skyrocket)

Pretty clear that you have never been to Fed Ex ,good night .

Really? I am pretty sure one of the reasons I wouldn't help Snyder if he was on fire is because he sold me obstructed view tickets. He didn't even have the decency to put big screen TVs in front of those seats to compensate. I hope that mofo combust one of these days.

That's a good question. I would like to see exactly what roads and other infrastructure that was built.



According to this, they had to pay for the parking. Does the county get parking fees or do they go to Danny? If the fees go to Danny, I have a huge problem with this.


Also, it looks like parking prices have gone up.

Redskins parking fees at FedExField skyrocket - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG (http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/26230865/redskins-parking-fees-at-fedexfield-skyrocket)

LOL...what a deal.

Well, besides fedex parking he has full monopoly on the church and businesses next door. I remember parking a mile away in an office complex and still having to pay 30 dollars.

Can you read at all ????

I read you signature and I found your posts wanting.

Cook paid 180 million and the tax payer paid 70 million. What infrastructure did tax payers pay for exactly? The road to enter and exit the stadium? Or perhaps I missed all the hip go-to spots near the stadium.

land, roads, power lines, sewer services. I don't think I ever said it was an equal amount of money paid by Cooke and his investors and the taxpayers

land, roads, power lines, sewer services. I don't think I ever said it was an equal amount of money paid by Cooke and his investors and the taxpayers

I sated the facts and inquired about what tax payers got for their money. From the looks of it, not much. I would think the billionaire building his dream stadium should be on the hook for buying the land, building roads around it to make sure it's not a traffic nightmare, works out a deal with the power and sewer company to bring power sewer service to a stadium in the middle of nowhere.

Then again, if Paul Allen can get tax payers to pay 200 of the 300 million it took to build CenturyLink field the problem isn't the billionaire, it's the people and the politicians they elect.

I sated the facts and inquired about what tax payers got for their money. From the looks of it, not much. I would think the billionaire building his dream stadium should be on the hook for buying the land, building roads around it to make sure it's not a traffic nightmare, works out a deal with the power and sewer company to bring power sewer service to a stadium in the middle of nowhere.

Then again, if Paul Allen can get tax payers to pay 200 of the 300 million it took to build CenturyLink field the problem isn't the billionaire, it's the people and the politicians they elect.

Its been shown over and over again by study after study that these stadiums dont provide the benefit they say they will for the locality where they are built.

When I lived in Pgh back in the 90s and they wanted to replace 3 Rivers with what is now PNC Park and Heinz Field they held a public referendum in the city and surrounding counties on whether to raise taxes to build these stadiums. The vote came in 2 to 1 to not raise taxes. The city and counties quickly went to what they called Plan B which was Plan A (raise taxes for the stadiums) without the referendum. These taxpayer funded stadiums are a joke and there's no way I'd ever vote to give any of these free-loaders any money for a stadium when there are so many other pressing problems. If they say they will leave then I'd thank them for their time in the city and wish them well.

PG County gets a 10% amusement tax on every ticket to every event in the stadium.

They get their own tax on sales of certain items too.

Have you done the math on that over 30 years? That's how long the lease is for, and you can bet any buyout of the contract is going to include covering that cost (regardless of who pays it.)

You guy sthink the money PG county put down for the stadium is a lot?

Run the numbers on the tax revenue they get just from football games. Then try to roughly guess how much they get from college games, concerts, and whatever else they host there ever year. Then multiply it by 30.

PG County gets a 10% amusement tax on every ticket to every event in the stadium.

They get their own tax on sales of certain items too.

Have you done the math on that over 30 years? That's how long the lease is for, and you can bet any buyout of the contract is going to include covering that cost (regardless of who pays it.)

You guy sthink the money PG county put down for the stadium is a lot?

Run the numbers on the tax revenue they get just from football games. Then try to roughly guess how much they get from college games, concerts, and whatever else they host there ever year. Then multiply it by 30.



You forgot the biggest detail of all. You forgot to subtract expenses (initial and reoccurring). Add up all the expenses on fire/rescue/police/road maintenance/ stadium maintenance/ etc... and subtract it from the revenue.