The proposed stadium at One Loudoun that would serve as home field for professional baseball and soccer teams goes to a public hearing before the Loudoun Planning Commission today, and both supporters and opponents plan to express themselves.
One Loudoun developers Miller & Smith and North American Sekisui House LLC requested the land use changes to consider alternatives. The team once had hoped to start play in 2012, but now is targeting a 2014 start.
Some residents who live near the proposed stadium site, particularly those in Potomac Green have formed an opposition group called No Stadium on Route 7, the members of which plan to speak at the hearing, which begins at 6 p.m. at the Loudoun County Government Center.
The Hounds have called for a 4:45 p.m. rally in support of the stadium ahead of the hearing.
If approved, a new Northern American Soccer League team called Virginia Cavalry FC will also play at the ballpark.
I guess I understand why Mr. Farren would want to fill the place- he has to make money somehow and the more full the place is the more he will feel comfortable. From what I hear, the PC will likely ask him to cut the amount of concerts in half. I used to live right near the summer concert venue at Belmont Ridge and could hear the music, at least the bass from it, quite a bit and frankly, it's just like the airplane traffic in Ashburn- after a while you just do not hear it anymore. I believe a compromise will be reached and all parties will be happy.
And what about the taxpayers being stuck with huge bills for infrastructure? Proffers? What are they and when will they be delivered?
I guess we'll leave it at that- we shall agree to disagree. I appreciate you keeping the discussion civil as many posters like to resort to name calling etc. I truly hope this works out for everybody- I hope the stadium and team are successful and I hope they don't bother you and your neighbors much at all.
What has this country come to when we cannot even allow senior citizens to live peacefully in what may possibly be the last home of their lives, all because people that live no where nearby want entertainment and want it NOW. (or maybe it' s just the almighty dollar talking). And when objections are brought up on these discussion boards, they are referred to as NIMBY's. Didn't anyone's parents teach them any respect? And by the way, what's the deal with a DEADLINE of 2014? What happens then? They melt into a pile of goo and cannot apply for a baseball franchise? Right now there are no players, no team, so I don't get the deadline argument. Please someone explain that to me? (seriously, I want to know).
I think the deadline for 2014 has something to do with the fact that Mr. Farren has been putting out all kinds of money to try to get the ballpark built and he has been at it for at least 3 years already here in Loudoun County. I'm guessing he set the deadline because he wants to move on if it will not get approved here. The team is part of the Atlantic League and, this is a total guess, maybe he loses his franchise rights at some point if he doesn't field a team?
And what restaurant would want to be located next to a stadium with 5000 people on a regular basis? Any restaurant with any sense. Businesses make money from people, being near large concentrations of people is very good.
Here is what Commissioner Helena Syska (Sterling) said at the public hearing this past Tuesday: “I do have a question that I would like answered tonight regarding who the Hounds are. I hear about the corporate structure. I have heard from people tonight who have prominent positions with the organization and have titles but the question I have is where are the players? Where are the players? Because this idea has been around for at least 10 years and I don’t know how minor league teams are built. Is it you wait for a site to be approved and then you get the people? Are there players out there somewhere? I have seen a lot of PR with the corporate people but I don’t see any players. I don’t hear of any players. I don’t know how that team will be formed, and honestly why they haven’t played anywhere else.”
The more we learn the stronger the odor gets. We are going to pay how much into the Ashburn interchange and now Gloucestor which I thought Kincora got a loan to do is going to be paid for with public funds?
Someone's apparently on the warpath to expose Bob Farren, the Loudoun Hounds, and VIP Sports Entertainment to be not as truthful to the public in Loudoun County as we have all been led to believe. I hope that the FOIA request also exposes the seemingly underhanded and deceitful operation that Bob Farren has been running in Loudoun County for years now, to the extent that he's got Scott York and every Loudoun County supervisor completely hoodwinked! The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors need to wake up before their 'house of cards' comes crashing down on them with their association with Bob Farren, as he tried to 'buy' their votes by donating $67,000.00 to their campaigns last fall. I don't know anything about an FBI investigation regarding Bob Farren's business practices, but I hope that the rumor is true and the FBI closes up his seemingly illegal operation, be it the Loudoun Hounds and VIP Sports Entertainment, for good. I'm sure there are people who support sports in Loudoun County, as I do, but let's get it right instead of dealing with Bob Farren! Bob Farren has got to go away, now!
Enough is enough, and Scott York and his gang need to be put on notice, tonight, that we're not going to take it anymore! People of Loudoun County are tired of the mess that Bob Farren has stirred up, the angst that he has brought on so many, and his total deceitful tactics in dealing with each member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. Scott York, and every member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors should be ashamed at how they have also treated the public, with over disdain, whenever there has ever been any legitimate questions involving the pie-in-the-sky One Loudoun Stadium project. There's going to be more pissed off people at Farmwell Station, tonight, than Loudoun Hounds supporters, that's for sure.