Former Alexandria Vice Mayor Andrew Macdonald said more analysis as well as citizen input is needed before the $2 billion deal moves ahead. “Do not provide this funding,” Macdonald said. “At the very least, put it on hold and do some in-depth studies that make us feel like the project actually is based on something…
A coalition of residents and community members in Alexandria are banning together against the proposal to move the Washington Capitals and Wizards to Virginia. View Video
The announcement took the DMV by storm, and it’s a huge project that comes with some major traffic concerns. Still, top of mind for many is how the area will handle traffic with only the Parkway and Route One being the primary routes in and out of the city. Mayor Wilson says not much parking…
Before leaving his elected position at the end of 2023, Arlington County Board Chair Christian Dorsey gave a big thumbs-up to plans by the billionaire owner of the Washington Capitals and Wizards to use taxpayer subsidies to build a sports and entertainment complex in Potomac Yard in Alexandria, near the border with Arlington. Sen. Barbara…
It would be nearly impossible to make the folly of government economic development more obvious than two recent announcements in the Washington area. To placate pro-transit city officials in Alexandria, the project calls for just 2,500 parking spaces and would be built near the recently opened Potomac Yards rail station. Facing a deficit of $750 million, WMATA officials…
Experts described the risk to the Potomac Yard Metro Station and surrounding areas if the stadium project is completed. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of major flooding in the area by 2050, and the stadium project will exacerbate the effect. The big picture: The planned location of the new stadium complex is surrounded…
Our survey from the morning of Thursday, Dec. 14, to noon on Monday, Dec. 18, drew more than 1,500 responses. Respondents ranged from Fredericksburg to Leesburg in Northern Virginia and Montgomery County to St. Mary’s County in Maryland. A significant share of respondents indicated they were from Alexandria, where the arena is proposed. We also…
The plan to relocate the Washington Capitals and Wizards from DC will come with an entertainment district in Alexandria’s Potomac Yard. Gov. Glenn Youngkin was in Potomac Yard Wednesday to announce the $2 billion entertainment district project with the teams’ owner Monumental Sports & Entertainment, developer JBG Smith and City of Alexandria officials. The proposed…