Latest On The Skins Stadium Moving Back To DC???

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Originally Posted by Bill B

Soupmeister - they could have a field like the Arizona Cardinals that literally rolls in under the stadium from the outside, although I think Synder would do a retractable roof so he could open up the stadium on nice days. If a new stadium is built you can gurantee it will be a dome and most likely a retractable roof - having the Superbowl here is just too big a draw not to do it. One other thing though - I would hope that since Jerry Jones is putting 60 yard HDTV's in the new Dallas stadium that the Skins would try to do the same thing - the reply screens at Fed Ex are not too good.

As far as getting out of Fed Ex - I beleive the Skins have 20 years left on the bonds that were issued by Maryland but as many have said you could sell the land at Fed Ex for development (retail and office and not residential due to housing issues) and probably have more than enough to pay off the State of Maryland. Interestingly enough Synder may be waiting becuase I would bet that as the years go by the penalties to leave Fed Ex will go down - so maybe in 10 years the Skins will move back?

One other point to consider is if they moved back to the old RFK site you can be sure that Synder will have to more than make up for all the lost parking revenue he currently gets at Fed Ex - either through higher ticket prices or a bigger stadium. I don't know how many parking spaces there are at Fed Ex that he gets money from but it is a lot. I know Orange Parking tickets go for around $125 per ticket to give you an idea of how much is made on parking.

The New Giants stadium (with the Jets) is at 1.5 Bill right now .............in 10 years for Snyder to move it will be 3 Bill and as of now he does'nt have it.