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efthfj OP t1_j15lrg6 wrote

Was it the embarrassing state of FedEx field or the embarrassing state of Dan Snyder!!??

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FormerCollegeDJ t1_j15mvd0 wrote

Hmm, nobody tell the people in Ottawa about that conversation.

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No1Statistician t1_j15wcgl wrote

I'd rather this happen than pay for a billionaire's stadium honestly

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Heliordant t1_j15z76b wrote

That's the thing where they flop around on the grass and cozy up to autocrats, right?

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Goby18 t1_j15zgi6 wrote

Capital city. Capitol is the building.

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ppc2500 t1_j15zrn3 wrote

Someone correct me but I thought FedEx wasn't in the bid. It was Baltimore (Ravens stadium).

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ExtentConscious t1_j163g4z wrote

The first mistake is having a country that does not care about soccer host the World Cup a second fucking time.

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OctoberCaddis t1_j167g95 wrote

We could also blame Charles fucking Allen for obstructing productive redevelopment of RFK. I don’t care at all about the Commies but DC should have a full size stadium for large events. Yes, I’m talking about Taylor Swift.

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johnbrownbody t1_j167tro wrote

Replying to OctoberCaddis (#1,001,375)

Building a giant new stadium in DC proper with taxpayer money is a waste of it.

Allen is the pinata for everything, huh? FedEx field being shitty is probably his fault in your warped, singular mind. Try having more complex thoughts

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stache_twista t1_j1690cc wrote

  1. Snyder didn’t move the team to Landover or build FedEx Field 2. Most DC residents including me don’t want to subsidize his new stadium 3. The new stadium is better off in VA because that’s where most of the football team’s fans are anyway 4. FIFA is corrupt and where the World Cup is doesn’t really matter 5. Philly is a 2 hr train ride from Union Station and probably more fun to visit than FedEx Field
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Mareofthedmv t1_j16a8eo wrote

Replying to ExtentConscious (#1,001,064)

One in three Americans watch football as of April 2022, so I don’t know what you mean about not caring about it. I believe it with the crowds at football pubs on a Saturday morning - even when I lived at the west coast a big derby would draw a crowd at 4:30 am.

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Psychological-Emu287 t1_j16dd7s wrote

Can you believe a POS city like Kansas City is hosting the WC? I guess is Afghanistan, Sudan, Lebanon, and the Philippines qualify they won’t be able to differentiate their countries from a conservative cesspool like Kansas City. I’m embarrassed that they are representing this country. Let’s hope the elite kids of England, France, don’t find themselves in that dump. God, I can’t stop thinking of all their overweight populace and their people with no dental care and poor taste in fashion. I want to vomit.

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TheOvy t1_j16i6zd wrote

There's actually 900k 100k more people in the DC metro area than the Philly metro. It's sad to see us come up short in ways where we should otherwise be competitive.

edit: misread the wiki, accidentally compared Philly's urban population vs. DC's metro area population. DC metro is still more populous, but by a much smaller number! Thanks to u/lame_grapefruit for the correction.

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Nilay431 t1_j16mqni wrote

Seriously though why are we calling north jersey, New York? Meadowlands is not located in New York.

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BoysenberryNo4959 t1_j16n8kl wrote

The last thing this area needs is wall-to-wall month long game day/post madness and years long madness building up to the WC. And I say this as a huge WC fan. I’d rather watch from the comfort of my living room.

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ahaaracer t1_j16tvha wrote

Replying to stache_twista (#1,001,511)

You can get to the Linc via heavy transit much faster than getting to FedEx or M&T via transit.

From DC you can get to the stadium without a car from Amtrak to the MFL @ 30st Street then to the BSL right to the Linc.

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Isaelia t1_j16v8l7 wrote

Replying to firewarner (#1,002,522)

Not exactly an analogous situation. Those are two totally separate words with unrelated etymologies that happen to be homophones in today's English. Capitol and capital are homophones with similar definitions because they have the exact same root, so it bears asking why they both exist. The word made its way into English as capital. Capitol is the name of a particular place because the Founders decided to get fancy and try to evoke the Capitoline Hill.

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tmack99 t1_j16vsr5 wrote

Replying to No1Statistician (#1,001,615)

Generally agree on stadiums (especially NFL stadiums which are used 8 times a year) being privately funded, but do you really regret Nats Park? It led to an entire neighborhood being completely revitalized. I feel like that’s the rare example of public investment in a stadium working out.

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No1Statistician t1_j16z0ab wrote

Replying to tmack99 (#1,003,400)

I don't think it's worth it. I see your point, but think of places like the warf and national harbor that are new and developed fine without stadiums, and also the owners can afford new stadiums and wont leave this huge market

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MaxiqueBDE t1_j1710h3 wrote

It was because the Commanders stadium had some issues, if I recall correctly

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Cantonloupe t1_j179b3p wrote

Replying to Psychological-Emu287 (#1,001,836)

>Can you believe a POS city like Kansas City is hosting the WC?

Kansas City wouldn't be my top choice of places to live, but it certainly isn't nearly as terrible as you seem to think it is and will be a convenient central location for soccer fans across a large swath of the country.

>Kansas City is a conservative cesspool

Biden handily won both Kansas City counties (Jackson, MO and Wyandotte, KS), not to mention suburban Johnson County and the nearby college towns in Douglas and Riley counties.

>Their poor taste in fashion

When I went to Kansas City I did see a remarkable number of people wearing sports jerseys, but this doesn't seem like a huge problem for a sporting event...

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vagrant_feet t1_j17a119 wrote

Kansas City is a host city, but not DC. Lol I understand that they have a stronger MLS team but cmon, which international team wants to play matches in Kansas City? Which country’s fans wanna travel there?

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spaceheatr t1_j17ec6z wrote

Honestly it’s just sad to not have a world class venue in DC in general.

What do we have now? Nats park? Anthem? Capitol One Arena? FedEx?

I'm not particularly stoked on any of those venues.

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tirkman t1_j17ex5i wrote

Honest question, why was FedEx field not considered for real? I know Dan Snyder sucks but fed ex field is one of the biggest stadiums in terms of seating

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turtyurt t1_j17fwo4 wrote

  1. It’s capital, not capitol.

  2. Ottawa is the capital of Canada and they aren’t hosting either.

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Lolipsy t1_j17n6rp wrote

Replying to Nilay431 (#1,002,620)

Probably because Meadowlands is the home field for New York’s football and soccer teams, and New Jersey doesn’t have enough strength in its own sports to counter that (the best we have is Gotham, which we share with New York). As someone who’s from NJ, I’ll die mad about it.

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14thU t1_j17p10l wrote

As someone who was at the last World Cup in DC this is a shame for a great city to miss out on.

A redeveloped RFK could be a positive addition for the capital city.

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Wonderful-Speaker-32 t1_j17xcef wrote

Replying to Nilay431 (#1,002,620)

It's the same reason we call IAD and DCA Washington-Dulles and Washington-National, even though they're not in the district. Metlife serves NYC, so you can call it an NYC stadium. It's only a 14 minute drive from Manhattan anyways.

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Wonderful-Speaker-32 t1_j17xhsa wrote

Replying to TheOvy (#1,002,241)

If you compare the DC-Baltimore CSA to the Philly-Wilmington CSA, then we're larger by more than 2.5million. And honestly comparing CSAs is probably the move, because all 9.9 million of us were snuffed out of a stadium, not just the DC-area ones. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area

But honestly, I'd be even madder if I was in Chicago. 4th largest CSA and 3rd largest MSA, and there isn't even a good option nearby.

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DUNGAROO t1_j1890ra wrote

Replying to Nilay431 (#1,002,620)

For the same reason that the Redskins/WFT/Commanders are still known as Washington DC’s NFL team, despite the fact that the redskins haven’t played a single game within the city limits for over 25 years.

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GovernorOfReddit t1_j18ettk wrote

Why not host it in College Park? I'm sure SECU Stadium could be changed up into a football pitch with a little bit of work and the Purple Line should be finished by 2026 connecting Metro with the stadium.

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DefinitelyAFakeName t1_j18tvl8 wrote

God no thank you. It's the same as the Olympics, no city EVER makes its money back from that. All well get is a couple more stadiums left to decay for a few decades before they get torn down

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stache_twista t1_j18uxhw wrote

Replying to spaceheatr (#1,004,726)

DC isn't a sports town (compared to Boston, Philly, Chicago, Cleveland, etc. it's not I'm sorry). But we do have world-class public spaces and museums. I hope they turn RFK into another park with event space (like Wolf Trap).

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AsbestosIn0bstetrics t1_j18x9vb wrote

Replying to OctoberCaddis (#1,001,375)

Then maybe try to get Taylor Swift to pay for a new stadium. She sure as fuck could afford it. Call it Taylor Swift Field at RFK Stadium. Invite the Commanders back on the condition that they're renamed the Washington Taylorswifts.

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romulusjsp t1_j18yq8l wrote

Replying to vagrant_feet (#1,004,413)

The US Soccer Federation has made a sort of second home in KC, there’s a new training facility there for the national teams and Arrowhead (I’m told) is a good venue for soccer in addition to their soccer-specific stadium

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TrueVCU t1_j19cb7l wrote

Because we don't want to deal with even MORE tourist nonsense?

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greenthanks75 t1_j19etpx wrote

Replying to ppc2500 (#1,000,807)

I think the final bid was “DC/Baltimore” and some events would have been held in DC with all of the matches being played in the Ravens stadium. I think part of the bid was increased transit between DC and Baltimore for the duration of the Cup.

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greenthanks75 t1_j19ff0e wrote

Replying to FSOTFitzgerald (#1,003,983)

First thing I thought looking at this was the huge swath of inland North America that was getting excluded from this World Cup other than Kansas City. Throw a bone to Denver or Chicago or Minneapolis or something.

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greenthanks75 t1_j19fxaq wrote

Replying to vagrant_feet (#1,004,413)

Excluding Kansas City would have been a middle finger to the entire middle part of the country. If you remove KC from this map there is an enormous swath of the continent that would have been left out of hosting.

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Redditman9909 t1_j1a0wvm wrote

Replying to pedalshift (#999,636)

By global standards Ottawa is a pretty small capital city. Metro area has barely over 1.5 million people. As such it lacks a lot of venues you’d find in other national capital cities. Hell they’ve been fighting for years just to get a decent downtown hockey arena for their NHL team. Not to mention the lacklustre transit system.

Also it’s not exactly a diehard sports city. I can’t even imagine what they’d use a FIFA stadium for once the World Cup is over. I guess you could move the Redblacks there and watch them struggle to fill the place at even half capacity.

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Kervels t1_j1a149c wrote

Replying to Isaelia (#1,003,357)

Maybe the two words 'have the same root, but it is still just coincidence for them to end up so similar, and hence confusing to to people.

The word capital obviously stems from the Latin word for head (or chief), which makes perfect sense. The Capitoline Hill in Rome was however named long before the site had anything to do with being a capital. One myth says that it got its name from a human skull found in the ground when building a temple. But in the end the hill could have been named after a finger or a leg or whatever, which would have been so much easier for Americans.

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SandBoxJohn t1_j1bc5qw wrote

Replying to tirkman (#1,004,772)

It should be noted that when Jack Kent Cooke decided to build a new stadium for his NFL teem, he made it clear that it could be used to host the Olympics or the World Cup.

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Backdoorpickle t1_j1bshiz wrote

Replying to greenthanks75 (#1,017,584)

The Safeway is literally the SW Waterfront Safeway. Audi Field is essentially on the water. No one considers Navy Yard SE DC. It's the Navy Yard despite the Navy Yard being an actual location. Is Nats Park on the Navy base? No.

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greenthanks75 t1_j1bszuv wrote

Replying to Backdoorpickle (#1,017,609)

What are you on about? The Safeway isn’t the Wharf Safeway and no one would call it that. I lived in Navy Yard for 3 years, of course it’s in SE DC. That’s its address. Navy Yard is a term for a neighborhood and a naval yard. Is that confusing you?

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pizzajona t1_j1cbyzw wrote

Replying to greenthanks75 (#1,010,128)

part of the reason is that it’s much easier for international fans if the game is on one of the coasts. That being said, they couldn’t leave all of middle America out so they chose Kansas City which is close to the geographically center of the contiguous US

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greenthanks75 t1_j1d1eau wrote

Replying to pizzajona (#1,019,238)

The other US sites have significant international flight activity. On that note, Chicago, Denver, or Minneapolis would’ve made much more sense than Kansas City. Nearly every traveler will have to fly to somewhere else in the US first before getting to KC.

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88leo t1_j1dr86u wrote

Replying to tmack99 (#1,004,409)

People lived there and instead of helping them they were just relocated and forced into a different community. Typical imperial european thing to do I guess.

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