IS THE TWIN BRIDGES SITE LARGE ENOUGH FOR A STADIUM?
According to the firm that designed Camden Yards in Baltimore and the new or proposed ball parks in Cleveland, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco, the site is big enough to hold a stadium but not much else. (About 5 acres of additional site area would be required from adjacent properties owned by the RF&P, VDOT and a storage facility. The total site area for the stadium would be about 11-12 acres. The Twin Bridges site is 7 acres.) WHO OWNS THE TWIN BRIDGES SITE NOW? Most of the land is owned by the Equitable Life Assurance Company and has been on the market for some time. Most of the rest is owned by the RF&P Railroad and by the Virginia Department of Transportation. WHAT IS ON THE LAND NOW? Most of the land is vacant. Equitable has an approved site plan which permits a 10-story hotel and two 7-story office buildings on the site. WOULD A STADIUM CREATE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR NATIONAL AIRPORT? The proposed site in between the “clear zone” beyond the ends of National’s two runways in which
