Top 3 cons of Capitals moving to Virginia
While the Washington Capitals relocating to Potomac Yard in Alexandria is a big win for Virginians, there’s Washingtontonians and Marylanders that oppose the move big time. In this we’ll look at the cons of the Caps moving to Virginia and soon we’ll have an article about the top 3 pros of the move.
But here are the 3 cons for all of you that are upset about the news:
#3 Metro might not be as convenient as you may think
Capital One Arena is easily accessible from almost every Metro line and if you aren’t connected to Gallery Place/Chinatown right underneath the arena you can transfer to the red line from Metro Center. While far away for Northern VA and Maryland folks, they can still get to the arena easily by train.
The new arena in Alexandria is located next to the new Potomac Yard Metro station. While Metro Center is accessible for every line except yellow and green lines, you can get to Gallery Place/Chinatown from green and yellow lines.
Potomac Yard Metro is only accessible through the yellow and blue lines. So fans in Northern Virginia have to transfer from the silver and orange lines to the blue line from the Rosslyn station.
#2 Traffic
If there’s one thing people dislike about living in Northern Virginia is the traffic. Where the new arena is located is near the Ronald Reagan National Airport so not only are you dealing with pregame traffic, you’re dealing with traffic to and from the airport, traffic from people getting to and leaving work and traffic for people going out on the town of Old Town Alexandria.
So if you plan on going to a Caps game when this new arena opens take the metro. And leave early. Granted the traffic in DC is not much better. No matter what there’s always something going on in the city. If not a game it’s a show or a concert or people just want to get dinner or sight see.
And if you try to speed in DC if you don’t get pulled over you’ll still get a ticket through a camera that can catch you. Maryland the drivers aren’t the best and traffic to and from FedEx Field for Commanders games is a nightmare.
Traffic to Nats games depends on the opponent but now with Capital One Arena no longer being home to the Caps, getting to Nationals Park and Audi Field will be the easier venue to get to.
#1 DC folks aren’t happy
When a team leaves a city, it hurts. Whether it’s five miles down the road or what teams like the Washington Senators did in 1971, bolting for Texas to become the Rangers.
Even though the new location is around three or five miles from Capital One Arena, fans are acting like the team is moving to Buffalo or Quebec. Fans are mad at somebody whether it’s the mayor or the owner.
“No they have to stay here. They have to,” said one of the fans to Fox 5 DC that just left last night’s Wizards game at Capital One Arena who even went on to call them the Alexandria Wizards.
Another fan in the video said, “I’m very upset about that. I’m really irritated and I’m tired of these owners trying to take everything out of DC and taking it way down the street to Virginia because it’s really bad for the people that live in Maryland and right here in DC.”
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While the Caps and Wizards may be leaving Capital One Arena, the building on 7th and F Street won’t close it’s doors completely. They still plan on hosting concerts as well as Georgetown Men’s Basketball and Mystics WNBA games.