New baseball stadium is a waste of resources
After recently reading to a group of third graders at Weisser Park Elementary I was driving along Jefferson Boulevard looking at the hole in the ground that will be the new home of the Wizards baseball team. As I drove by that hole I thought to myself, “Does this baseball stadium make economic sense?” I have a saying I often mutter to myself and that’s, “concentrate your energy where the problems the greatest.” Take on the most pressing matters first-the rest can wait. I love the idea of revitalization but it should make sense, especially from an economic standpoint. To me the baseball stadium doesn’t make sense. It’s a waste of resources particularly when there’s nothing wrong with the Wizards current home. It will take more than a change of venue to induce fans to commit to the Wizards-they couldn’t even sell out the stadium they are in now. In the famous baseball movie Field of Dreams actor Kevin Costner heard from the distinguished voice of James Earl Jones, “if you build it they w...