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The other thing I will say about any potential football stadium/training facility and its "transit accessibility" is this. The existing FedEx Field already has transit access. It's about what I would expect for a football stadium. It's a long walk, but there were tons of people using the Metro to get there - Metro cars were packed and the walk to the stadium was crowded. So the transit option for the current stadium is adequate enough for something that hosts 10 games a year.

The problem with taking transit to the game, as we discovered when we got there, is that FedEx bans backpacks, bags, etc, period, no exceptions. The Nats don't do this, DC United doesn't do this. So how exactly are transit users supposed to bring a blanket, gloves, hat, etc to the game (because it's NOVEMBER)? Of course we just waited until the security lady got distracted and just walked in. But what a stupid policy. Dan Snyder doesn't deserve a transit-oriented stadium if he's going to have policies that make it as hard as possible to use transit.

But I think we've discussed how football stadiums can't be really urban a zillion times on this website, so the details don't need to be hashed over again and again.

by MLD on Mar 23, 2012 11:08 am • link • report