Welcome to Our Forums. Once you've registered and logged in, you're primed to talk football, among other topics, with the sharpest and most experienced fantasy players on the internet.
I haven't seen a number yet. Only complaint that I would have is that it was a bit hard to hear the speakers at the rally, but maybe it was just where I was standing.
I heard a radio show or podcast where someone credited legalized weed for this. That seems like a stretch but I'm also more than happy to push the narrative.One thing the city and fans should be really proud of is the lack of disturbances and idiocy that normally follows these type of events in numerous cities.Last I had heard was no arrests made yesterday and only 1 the night of winning the Cup.Bravo D.C. and fans of the Caps
I'm pretty sure I had a contact buzz going yesterday with all the green being smoked around me.
My neck of the woods. Any food type in particular?
Thank you - sitdown place with good beers and decent steaks / burgers kind of thing. I'll check out Evening Star and North Side 10. Thanks! Plus any other thoughts welcome.
Ok - those would be best two of the ones that I suggested. I just had some Ocelot beer at Evening Star last weekend, if you want to try that given the FBG-Sebowski connection.
And of course the one thing about this team I would be right on comes true.Thanks for the Cup,Barry!
If you are in the mood for good cajun/creole food there is RT's, which is almost right across the street from the Birchmere. A relatively small casual place with good service.
Generally open to the public. Ability to get in generally depends on how interesting a topic is, although there may be more competition than normal with summer interns around.
GWU Alum. Looong time ago (1992) Are they staying in the dorms? If so where is your kid staying? (Curious!)
Interesting. I don't think they had that when I went there. I was downtown all four years. The GW 'dorms' are (at least when I was there) cool because they are old apartments and hotels that they converted. Most had bathrooms in the room, and many had kitchens. For health code reasons, they had cleaners come thru but to only clean the bathrooms, and just for fun they would vacuum a small bit. Great place. Hope she has fun!!
GW acquired Mount Vernon when I was a student at GW -- late 90s. Former women's school. A lot of the outdoor athletic teams play over there now.
He started just about when I started there. In looking him up on Wiki, I saw this. Amazing...
It's a really good neighborhood now. With Nats Park and Capital One Arena neighborhoods, DC has done a great job around two sports venues, leaving the next big question about what happens with the Redskins. Football stadiums are harder to integrate into an urban environment because of how much space they take and the usual desire for a lot of parking, but it will interesting to see if they go back to the city and whether it helps direct surrounding development.
Just anecdotal of course, but the vibe I get is that DC doesn't want the football team. The schedule is obviously the biggest problem- ten games a year isn't gonna transform anything, certainly not to a degree that would justify something that big and expensive- but there's also the mascot and ownership issues, which turns off many residents, and the fact that the games happen on weekends. I think a big part of the Nats Park boom is that there are weeknight games and lots of suburbanites end up staying downtown and spending money, as compared to a weekend game when most people would just come in to tailgate and go to the game.
Agree. Definitely less worth the investment than other possibilities. But, I wouldn't be surprised if the World Cup coming to America in 2026 drives the opening of a new stadium and potentially hosts the final game.
I guess another factor in favor of a football stadium is that the site is already there, no need for condemnations. Although the flip side of that is that unlike Navy Yard, East Capitol Hill and the H Street Corridor don't exactly need the boost these days.
That's a good question. Certainly not the 83 Redskins, which is funny. You'd think people would be so thrilled with a team that came out of nowhere to win its first Super Bowl in SB 17, but people got greedy very quickly -- to the point where some idiots were calling for Gibbs's head after the Jack Squirek pick-6 right before halftime of SB 18.
I think the Avs had just won a stanley cup right before that. Also football seasons are separated by like eight months so the fans have lots of time to bask in the glory of a title and then eventually turn to the next season. Feels like the Caps just finished playing two weeks ago.
2016-17 Cleveland Cavaliers.
Thought about the Cavs, but they immediately had all the drama of the Durant move that got people all fired up. Plus they were the presumptive favorite in the East, if they'd pooped the bed I bet people would have been mad. I also thought about the Royals, that's actually the best one I could come up with.
I wasn't around for the 1970 Mets, but I wonder what the feeling was like then. They had the "miracle" year of 1969, and then they dropped to mediocre in 1970. I doubt the New York media gave them much of a pass though.
The Cubs one is probably also different because it was won with a core of young players that would be together for a while. Similar deal with the Sawx; they could buy their way into contention in way 20-24 MLB teams couldn’t.
Oooh. That’s a good one. There was a while there where we weren’t sure New Orleans would continue to be a city.
This is a great one. There's the thing about 8 months between seasons but otherwise it seems kinda similar from the outsider's perspective.
Not really, pretty standard stuff
I know you said pro teams, but Maryland getting to the FF for the first time in 2001 - itself huge for the fanbase - and then winning the next year gave them years-worth of house money. Good thing, too, because they haven't made much national noise since.
