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I am a huge Redskins fan. There are nine jerseys in the closet of my Ward 5 apartment. I bleed the burgundy and gold. I'm ecstatic for the upcoming season. But this is a terrible idea.

I'm sure it will be sort of convenient for a couple weeks in late July if I want to watch the open practices, but otherwise, worthless. Practices don't really interest me. I am a season ticket holder and I have been going to Redskins games since 1992, but I have been to exactly zero practices.

I'm sure both the people that get jobs from this new facility will be very thankful, but I would much rather have a neighborhood that integrates well with Capitol Hill and helps revive that area a little.

Wanna bring the Redskins back to DC? get them involved in city programs. Try and entice some of them with their million dollar salaries to move into and become more invested in this city instead of McMansions out in Ashburn. Get Danny Snyder to sponsor some public schools with scholarships or refurbishing or something. Then maybe talk about bringing some sort of facility into the city.

I love the Redskins, and frankly I wish the team played it's games somewhere in the city. But this plan for Reservation 13 is absurd. Riverfront property for a huge facility that is functionally useless 99% of the time. Let's get the organization more involved and respected by this town before we start handing out millions of dollars in real estate to them.

by Dave Murphy on Mar 23, 2012 2:19 pm • link • report