Ahhh, the stadium parking saga would be hilarious were it not so maddening.
WTOP is reporting that the city may finally have found a solution to what is sure to be a lack of parking at the new stadium — RFK. No, seriously. RFK. The old stadium. Where the Nats are playing now, and where you park NOW. Read for yourself:
City and team officials are looking at alternatives for parking at the new stadium. The D.C. Council recently agreed on a plan to build the required 1,225 parking spaces at the Southeast site, but there are concerns that more spaces will be needed.
One option is having fans and stadium employees park at RFK Stadium and take a free shuttle bus to the new stadium. According to a spokesperson for the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission, a Transportation Operations Parking Plan includes the RFK shuttle as a possibility.
To see if this idea would fly at all, the team has sent their season ticket holders a survey asking whether or not they’d mind the trek. We’re guessing they will, but given the alternatives (well, there aren’t many just yet), they might not have a choice. Of course, RFK’s neighbors are none-too-happy with the idea. After all, the entire site is simply ripe for development, and acres of parking don’t seem like such a great investment.
What do you think? Would you mind parking that far away? Is it a better alternative than turning the planned baseball entertainment district into a baseball parking district? Comment away.
Martin Austermuhle