Petition to Move Redskins back to Washington DC.

[JWsleep]

But who would EVER buy FedEx from Danny? He owns it, no? So he's going to take a bath on that. My guess is we're stuck in Landover. Just wish he'd friggin improve the stadium, especially the video and the concessions, which are just nasty.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Jack Kent Cooke tried for ten years to build a new stadium in the District using his own money. The DC Government - under two different mayors - couldn't find a way to say "Yes, thank you." to that offer. They couldn't even find an acceptable piece of land to condemn so it could be built.

What makes anyone think all that has changed?

IF Danny Boy builds a new stadium in this area with his own money, you can be certain it will have a dome or a retractable roof because that is the ONLY way he will get a Super Bowl here in DC. And if you gave him truth serum and offered him this choice:

A. You have a new stadium AND you will have the Super Bowl here on a regular rotation (every 8 years at the worst)... OR

B. You can have the Redskins in the Super Bowl - - but no new stadium

I'm not sure which he would pick.

Jack Kent Cooke built this mausoleum of a stadium on the cheap and in a hurry so he could put his name on it before he died. [How'd that work out?] Fifteen years later it looks like a building built cheaply and quickly - - but it rakes in cash hand over fist for it's owner - - Danny Boy.

I suspect no changes are coming unless the DC government comes up with some kind of sweetheart deal that would be a political nightmare in these recession times.

Bottom Line: Learn to love FedEx Field. You'll be seeing games there for many years to come...

[sportscurmudgeon]

Daseal:

Danny Boy - - via the Redskins - - owns Fed Ex. Fed Ex pays him a yearly fee for naming rights.

[Miller101]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

But who would EVER buy FedEx from Danny? He owns it, no? So he's going to take a bath on that. My guess is we're stuck in Landover. Just wish he'd friggin improve the stadium, especially the video and the concessions, which are just nasty.

And put one of those "roofs" on it. The one that RFK had! Its get cold up there in the nose bleeds especially when its raining on you. And it gets quiet up there too. Putting a partial roof on it would be awesome!

As far as moving back to DC. Heck, I'd sign the petition! There is nothing worse in this world than having to drive through my city to get to the game...............or go across that GOSH DANG bridge! I freakin hate that bridge! Woodrow Wilson was by far the worst President this country has ever seen!!!! He builds a DRAW bridge on MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR HIGHWAY!!!! Not only that, but he builds it close to the water so people try to fish off of it! And as if all that wasn't enough...................He doesn't build a shoulder on it so some BUTTHEAD can decide to pull over, BLOCK THE LANE, and then act like he's going to jump. All of that just to get a "hug" by police officers. I can go on and on...................

So yeah! Putting the stadium back in the city...............I'm all for it!

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Miller101

And put one of those "roofs" on it. The one that RFK had! Its get cold up there in the nose bleeds especially when its raining on you. And it gets quiet up there too. Putting a partial roof on it would be awesome!

As far as moving back to DC. Heck, I'd sign the petition! There is nothing worse in this world than having to drive through my city to get to the game...............or go across that GOSH DANG bridge! I freakin hate that bridge! Woodrow Wilson was by far the worst President this country has ever seen!!!! He builds a DRAW bridge on MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR HIGHWAY!!!! Not only that, but he builds it close to the water so people try to fish off of it! And as if all that wasn't enough...................He doesn't build a shoulder on it so some BUTTHEAD can decide to pull over, BLOCK THE LANE, and then act like he's going to jump. All of that just to get a "hug" by police officers. I can go on and on...................

So yeah! Putting the stadium back in the city...............I'm all for it!

Yeah the bridge is annoying...but you're being sarcastic here right? Please tell me you are. Or do you think Robert F Kennedy built RFK Stadium, John F. Kennedy built Kennedy Space Center, Ronald Reagan built Reagan National Airport?

[Miller101]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Yeah the bridge is annoying...but you're being sarcastic here right? Please tell me you are. Or do you think Robert F Kennedy built RFK Stadium, John F. Kennedy built Kennedy Space Center, Ronald Reagan built Reagan National Airport?

Of course I'm being sarcastic. But, only to a certain extent! That bridge has woodrow wilson's name on it! So its still his fault!

Hey! Did you hear how they destroyed the old one? They had a contest. All you had to do was write down your worse story about driving over that GOSH DANG bridge. If you won the contest....................You weren't given money or prizes. You were given a detonator! And you had the great honor of blowing the crap out of THAT GOSH DANG BRIDGE!!!:headbange

Until the new one gets completed we're still going to have problems, but at least that old one is gone!