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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

October 24, 2002. DC is at a disadvantage too, because unlike other jurisdictions, Congress forbids it from taxing non-residents. Benning Road, the extension of H Street is in the upper portion of image. It mentioned how the RFK campus planning effort by Events DC did mention an arena, but the point never got much play.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Cities cost money to operate. Cities have to earn money to pay for all the things that people say they want. An art gallery type building won't have near the economic return as a sports arena, provided it is super well planned. The monocentric subnetwork of the DC Metrorail system serves the core of DC.