With Daniel Snyder’s sale of the Commanders to be soon finalized, the Commanders already have Loudoun County declaring interest in a new Commanders stadium.
Snyder, you recall, for the last several years, ran into obstacle after obstacle of local governments not wanting to do business with him. Thus a new stadium never materialized.
The design for the Washington Commanders' new stadium was revealed and the details are incredible!
▪️ The exterior will be able to change colors
▪️ The roof will allow natural light and climate control
▪️ A $3 billion “mini-city” around the stadium with bars, restaurants, etc. pic.twitter.com/WVirhIKUl6— Bets & Business (@BetsAndBusiness) May 28, 2022
With a group led by Josh Harris ready to purchase the Commanders for $6 billion, Loudoun County is the first to publicly declare they want the stadium.
“We look forward to welcoming the Washington Commanders to the Loudoun County Board Room to share their vision of a new stadium as part of a multi-use development in an urban setting,” Matt Rogers wrote in a statement to the Times-Mirror on April 15.
The site in mind is a portion of the Chantilly Crushed Stone quarry property planned for the Waterside mixed-use development.
But of course, other voices in Loudoun have already responded negatively to the idea of the Commanders’ stadium bringing the excess traffic to the county.
Supervisor Tony Buffington, R-Blue Ridge, has in the past openly been opposed to the stadium idea for Loudoun County. He has voiced it would increase traffic and crime. He reiterated that opposition in a Facebook post on April 16, according to Coy Ferrell of the Loudoun Times.
Yet, Del. David Reid, D-32nd, has already replied he feels strongly Loudoun County would be the best of the three locations suggested and investigated last year by the state because of its proximity to the Metrorail and the airport. “The fact that this would be on the far eastern end of the county, I think the traffic impact would be minimal,” he said.
“We have the opportunity, if we just look at it from the Loudoun perspective to diversity the Loudoun economy from being so dependent on data centers,” emphasizing that the stadium complex is “intended to be a 365-day kind of [development] — much like One Loudoun.” And since the stadium could spur a significant number of visitors to Loudoun, it could be good for the western Loudoun economy as well,” he said.
Might the most significant aspect of the story be that not even 48 hours after the breaking of the news that Snyder has agreed in principle with Josh Harris to sell the Commanders, some Loudoun County officials are already voicing their desire for the stadium to be built in Loudoun?
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