Lets get the lingerie football league here. yahoooo

This is a great deal for Loudoun County. If you dig a little and see who is behind the movement against the stadium you will find they live no where near the proposed site and they are for the most part the same individuals that were against the Silver Line. They have an agenda against the growth of LOCO. They also have a protracted connections to Delgaudio which makes their stance suspect. Supervisor Delgaudio is under investigation for many criminal wrongdoings along with leading an organization that has been officially declared an organization that supports hate crimes. ( as an aside why do the people of Sterling continue to elect this Hilter like, apparent gay hater, seamily racist, proven anti-choice advocate, woman hating, alledged child pornographer, kiddy diddler in some people's opinion). This project should be fast tracked to approval so more LOCO money stays in the county.

To the person that lives 2500 feet from home plate as is really concerned about quality of life...I will buy you house today and give you 3% over market. Deal?

What I don't understand is why they are building a huge development when the roads cannot accommodate the current traffic not tomention all the extra traffic a sporting event or concert would bring? This is really bad for Route 7 and I think it needs to be in a different location. I hope it doesn't get built at the One Loudoun location. There are 80,000 cars that travel on Route 7 and it will jump to 100,000 with One Loudoun and for an event you will have additional cars. No baseball for One Loudoun. Please rethink this carefully.

Very concered resident

Cheryl where do you get your trips numbers? They don't compute in the least. This is a small 5,500 person stadium - not one like Nationals Park (42,000 - 8X as large) or FedEx Field (92,000 -17X as large).

I agree with Chuck, there is clearly 'something else' going on here with this opposition - my friends in Potomac Green have some concerns but there is a lot of support there as well. The 'opposition' is way overblown much like the opposition to the Metro thing a couple months back.

How in the world do you equate being against a stadium as being pro Deldaudio, I think you struck out in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded there slugger. What hate crimes? A difference in support or oppisition to a lifestyle is not hate speech. I don't see him or his group advocating violence. Is someone being intimatated? The SPLC which has ties to Hamas and Hezbollah is like the pot calling the kettle black. You way over the top. It's about 3800 cars per game with 5500 people in attendance. Starting time can be shuffled to avoid the rush hour.

Just check out Route 7 and 28 on any given rush hour. What will happen when additional traffic for the stadium is added to this?

Maybe just the oppisite Paula since we are going to remove 3800 cars then.

Interesting, Scott York playing with real estate and property. Did anyone ask him about the deal to allow the stadium to be built. I asked on here and York and Reid 3 months ago about Yorks comments in a board meeting about TAXES and then the comments in the news that the Loudoun Hounds and the county are asking the Commonwealth to allow a TAX to be charged to the people going to the stadium to pay for the stadium. This was played to all of us in this community as a Privately Owned and Private Financed Deal. When does a private deal get TAXES? What is this board and York trying to do and the Hounds playing on the citizens of this county.
I would love to see a Stadium and Baseball, Soccer and other sports here in Loudoun, but not on the dime of the people who live here that already pay too much in taxes for the services we receieve. The County Board needs to get it right and not play people. Additionally, if they wish to continue with their untransparent processes, maybe the attorney general should investigate their practices.

I think the same people in opposition spoke at the Potomac Nationals Town Hall meeting in Woodbridge. It's really about education..The benefits of having the stadium to host events for the Loudoun Community will be immense. What has happened in America today is that instead of working together and coming up with a viable solution, some chose to oppose everything. I truly believe if those with legitimate complaints discussed this with an open mind with those who knew something and were good listeners everything would work for the benefit of the community. The proponants will also learn and the community will benefit. Tose opposed will say..He's a proponant of the stadium, the Hounds, Soccer etc. As A grandfather, native Northern Virginian, a season ticket holder for PW (I live in Gainesville and would welcome the stadium 2,000' from my home!!!) and one who understands the value of great family entertainment and sports, I am a proponant for venues that improve our quality of life, provide family entertainment and a venue to hold community events. This is not about a stadium, this is about your community. Loudoun is very fortunate that the Hounds want to be a part of such a great, vibrant, dynamic community. Embrace opportunity!!! Make it work.

Baseball stadium or no, one loudoun is adding 1000 homes, 700,000 square feet of retail space, 3 million square feet of office space, and 450 hotel rooms. The traffic from a baseball game will be lost in the additional traffic from all that. If you are worried about the baseball traffic, you have a far worse nightmare coming, and that is all approved, done deal, nothing left to do but wait for construction to be completed. 4000 cars for a baseball game, which will not be starting during rush hour, is not your problem, get a sense of proportion.

If you don't like the traffic on rt7, lobby to get more of the intersections converted to bridges with no traffic signals on rt7. You know, like one loudoun provided at the intersection of rt 7 and loudoun county parkway. You can't wish away traffic, all you can do is manage it. In this case that means getting rid of traffic lights as far down towards leesburg as possible.

As an aside, we have a dreadfully boring county, and minor league sports would really help. Sure, it's nice for antiques and visiting wineries, but how much time can you spend on that? Plus, it's a hard sell to interest kids in those activities.

Nicely done Paul! I myself would be willing to pay a nickel a gallon pedestrian bridge fee at the gas pump. Not a tax mind you that would go to the MWAA in 2018/2019 as Ken Reid proposes.

Hi all, and I am one of the people behind the movement and I do happen to live in Potomac Green. You all really need to get educated on this deal, the permit is for a 10,000 person stadium with 5,500 infield seats. As far as traffic goes Kincora (the original location) was forced to go back and redo all of their traffic studies to account for the 10,000 people, the number turned out to be over 8,000 cars. Don't believe me, see for yourself. Everything that is available to the public is now posted on the www.NoStadiumOn7.org web site. The Planning Commission stated in the rezoning application (also available on the web site) that this thing is only going to "exacerbate existing traffic problems along Route 7". If you are for this you are just ignoring the facts.

And Bob T, you must have missed the recent three hour town hall meeting at PG with York and Williams with over 250 in attendance where not a single supporter (I counted maybe a dozen) got up to speak. York, Williams, Farren, and Mays got hammered over this deal.

the average attendance for this league is about 4400 per game hence the 3800 cars.

Yes Joe, that may be the average attendance for a game but that isn't everything they are planning. Their own web site says that by year three they will have up to 200 events and then lists them. Baseball is about one third of what the stadium will be used for. Farren has stated in public numerous times that he wants this thing to be a local Jiffy Lube Live, someone at the PG town hall meeting challenged him on that so he changed the concert venues from rock to "orchestras" to which he got even more flak. The traffic studies are the traffic studies, and the Planning Commission just said that this thing is only going to make traffic on Rout 7 worse.

Oh and Chuck, I was fine with the stadium over at Kincora where it had lots of restrictions placed on it, i.e., no fireworks from March 1 through the end of June and limited hours of operation. I hope I am not right but all of those restrictions will no longer apply at the new location because there is no bird colony at One Loudoun.

Since the number of cars and traffic keeps coming up I just did a little math to see what it would look like. If the worst case is 8,000 cars I gave them the benefit of the doubt and used half that.

Assume that the average length of a car = 10 ft
4,000 cars parked bumper to bumper = 40,000 ft (7.57 miles)
Traffic with cars 3.3 ft from each other = 53,200 ft (10 miles, didn't calculate an average speed, one of you math geniuses can do that)

Using the traffic study’s own ratios 90% of all traffic will leave at the same time which doesn’t do a thing to bolster local business in One Loudoun. Let’s also assume that half of the traffic will be coming from East on 7 and the other half West on 7. Loudoun County Parkway overpass is all lights Westbound with an on-ramp on the East side. Highway 28 merges with Route 7 just before Loudoun County Parkway and the next two intersections Westbound are controlled by traffic lights. Traffic merging with 7 off of 28 frequently backs up well past the flyover and can last well past 6 PM (I drive this every day back and forth from work). So tell me again how this isn’t going to negatively impact traffic?

Funny how opponents of the stadium say they wouldn't mind it somewhere else, it's always a case of "NIMBY" (Not In My Backyard). I heard some of the comments from the opponents from the retirement community who kept insisting that they wanted to keep the peace and quiet that they thought they were getting when they moved in. A serious question here: Why would you buy/rent a place in LoCo, one of the fastest growing counties in America if you want peace and quiet?

Jim, you must not be reading all of the comments. If this was truly a NIMBY issue (nice label by the way) then opposition would have started several years ago when the announcement was made for Kincora, and you are more than welcome to volunteer your neighborhood to house the stadium. We purchased based on the zoning for One Loudoun (which went through bankruptcy since we moved here) and the surrounding area. Construction for One Loudoun has also been going on for years so we knew all about that as well and were looking forward to having a local RTC or Fairfax corner right here in Loudoun. Jim you and the rest of the supporters who have been fooled for years into believing there was actually a baseball team keep avoiding the questions being raised by casting labels and diminishing legitimate concerns. Try answering questions for once, it will make you look a lot smarter.

SeasonedCitizen, to quote Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."

You are making things up on the go. Your traffic numbers and your feet of traffic are based on very little fact. Also your supposition that there will be no restrictions. Yes it is a new application but it doesn't mean reasonable restrictions - like say no concerts or fireworks after 11 pm aren't going to be put in place.

Look up the definition of NIMBY (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nimby). If the shoe fits, wear it.

Bob do you mean facts like these?

Buried on the third page from the very end of the Loudoun County Land Development Application Land Development package (Link: http://interwapp01.loudoun.gov/ditfs01/ZMAP/2012/0016/SUBMISSION%201%20PAPERWORK.PDF) for the stadium at One Loudoun under the title “Ashburn Village Boulevard/Route 7 Interchange” we find the following statement: “Plan policies seek to have road and transportation proffers be provided in the initial phases of new development. Any delays in providing the planned interchange could exacerbate existing traffic problems along Route 7.” Furthermore, on page 92 under “4. Transportation Issues Discussed”, it requests that the Ashburn Boulevard interchange “be approved ASAP”, and that the project is “failing” and to “encourage moving forward with other landowners”, and on page 91 it states that One Loudoun is not in a financial position to pay for the interchange due to the current “economic situation”.

Or like these?

"Kincora had proposed to build a baseball stadium with 5,500 seats. As mentioned in the Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) completed by Gorove/Slade Associates, Inc. and dated October 23, 2008, the capacity of the baseball stadium for special events will be about 10,500 seats. The difference between the two numbers of seats has almost doubled. The TIA does not consider the trip generation for 10,500 seats in the analysis. Therefore, the trip generation should be recalculated to address the worst-case scenario. Furthermore, the methodology for trip generation needs explanation. Further discussion is necessary. OTS is available to meet on this issue. The applicant’s traffic consultant stated that the trip generation based on 10,500 seats is 8,333 vehicle trips."

And Bob if you are only one of two Robert Teeters listed in the state of VA you live in either Alexandria or in Roanoke. If you are in Alexandria might I suggest you save wear and tear on your car and go see a Potomac Nationals game instead, they are much closer. And as far as the NIMBY label I have already stated we already knew about the stadium at its original location in Kincora when we purchased our home. If we were just a bunch of NIMBYs then we would have started this fight when the stadium was announced at Kincora years ago.

All available online Dylan and from public records. When you are faced with something like this it is always a good idea to gather all of the facts to make sure you have a solid foundation from which to make a good argument for or against. You are more than welcome to spend the same amount of time doing research. And all attempts to label me and my neighbors who just want this thing to either go back to Kincora or a more appropriate location (like down where the Metro will go in) in Loudoun make your argument look weak. Unlike the BOS who have taken over $69,000 from Farren and his associates what do you propose would be anyone's financial gain from all of this other than trying to protect our property values?

Almost forgot Dylan, you should never tick off retired people, they have all day to work on something like this :-)

I live in Leesburg, so this isn't a NIMBY issue for me, rather a traffic one. Travelling on Rt. 7 in rush hour traffic between Rt. 28 and Belmont Ridge Road is already a nightmare. I can't imagine what it would be like adding (at a very minimum) 2000 cars. One Loudoun is smack in the middle of this part of Rt. 7 and at it's most congested point. From a traffic point of view, this is a very dumb idea and affects waaaay more people in Loudoun than just the communities surrounding it. I do not support a stadium built there.

My hometown in Michigan opened a professional baseball stadium in 2006 that is the same size (~5400) and it has been a great community builder, job and revenue generator, and a lot of fun ever since. We never miss a chance to see a game.

When done well, a stadium like this can be a wonderful addition; we just need to ensure that the infrastructure is in place to support it. For a great example check out the Great Lakes Loons.

I support the stadium I think it will be good for Loudoun. I agree it will add to the traffic on Rt. 7 but Loudoun needs to have an entertainment venue other than a megaplex movie theater. I used to live in Norfolk and I really enjoyed going to Harbor Park to see the Tides play. Yes it tied up downtown traffic on game nights but only for a short period of time but it was worth it. Bring on the Hounds!

I'm in total agreement with Seasoned Citizen. I'm not against the stadium, but want it to remain in the Kincora location that had a lengthy approval process in place and is building the necessary infrastructure around it to accommodate traffic needs. This appears all too rushed and as such appears to be rather distasteful. Ashbrook Home Owners Association is siding with Potomac Green on this one and protesting this rezoning application.

Lets hurry up and push HS-6 through also. 200 events on what nice sunny days are you talking about? Going to be a lot of rain outs.