Opinion | Let the billionaire build his own stadium - The Washington Post

As reported in the March 8 Metro article “Saslaw moves to close potential loopholes in Commanders stadium bill,” Virginia lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) and Del. Barry D. Knight (R-Virginia Beach), are proposing $350 million in Virginia taxpayers’ money to finance a new stadium for the Commanders football team in order to lure the team to Northern Virginia. Lawmakers, what are you thinking? Virginia taxpayers, pay attention! The reason Virginia doesn’t already have a professional sports stadium is because it is not a prudent use of taxpayer money. Virginia taxpayers should not subsidize the private business venture of a billionaire nor take on the risk of a real estate development failure.

Regardless of using taxpayers’ money, Northern Virginia doesn’t need a monstrous stadium surrounded by acres of parking lot eyesore, nor thousands of cars coming from Maryland and D.C. onto our already jammed roads. Let the billionaire get non-taxpayer financing like other real estate developers (if he can) and demand that he build roads to handle the traffic and that he put up a reclamation bond to ensure sufficient money to demolish the structure in the future.

Vincent Gibson, Centreville

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