Within The St. James, as they’re calling the 450,000-square-foot center at 6805 Industrial Road, they’ve included facilities for hockey, basketball, volleyball, baseball, swimming, climbing, gymnastics, golf, squash, health medicine and relaxation. They’ve got a restaurant conceived by a yet-unnamed celebrity chef, virtual reality gaming, trampolines and a water park.

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/09/06/heres-when-the-mega-springfield-indoor-sports.html

TUCH9 Wrote:
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> Within The St. James, as they’re calling the
> 450,000-square-foot center at 6805 Industrial
> Road, they’ve included facilities for hockey,
> basketball, volleyball, baseball, swimming,
> climbing, gymnastics, golf, squash, health
> medicine and relaxation. They’ve got a
> restaurant conceived by a yet-unnamed celebrity
> chef, virtual reality gaming, trampolines and a
> water park.

Boy this place sounds really complex

Originally I also heard this would be equipped for football as well.
I guess there will be new access roads going in at some point.

I cannot imagine what the traffic increase will do to Edsall and Backlick Roads!

$20M just to buy the land...?

I am on the record now. This will be the sports/fitness version of what happened to Yates Pizza Palace on Duke Street. They will get close to the end of building this thing, run out of money and put it up for sale before it ever opens.

Their plan is too ambitious. Sports are popular here...there is not enough interest to support a facility like this.

Almost Wish It Weren't happening Wrote:
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> Originally I also heard this would be equipped for
> football as well.
> I guess there will be new access roads going in at
> some point.
>
> I cannot imagine what the traffic increase will do
> to Edsall and Backlick Roads!

Not anymore traffic than the Washington Gas Light headquarters that used to be on the same site. Places like Wakefield, South Run, Oak Marr don't have traffic.

They wouldn't make money on football. No indoor leagues or demand for indoor.
They're sticking with soccer.

From the site:

A rundown of what The St. James will include:

FIFA regulation-sized turf field with 65-foot-tall roof clearance

Two National Hockey League regulation-sized ice rinks, plus a hockey skills training center with skating treadmill

Four full-length basketball courts convertible to nine volleyball courts

50-meter Olympic regulation-length competition pool

Six batting cages with pitching machines, convertible into multipurpose training venue

Eight squash singles courts

Seven golf simulators

Gymnastics training center with competition spring floor, deep foam training pits,
Tumbl Trak, rod floors and in-ground trampolines

Spa with nine treatment rooms and a cryotherapy chamber

Health and sports medicine center

50,000-square-foot health club with cardio and strength training equipment, spinning, group fitness and yoga rooms, and a “high-performance training center”

20,000 square feet of obstacle courses, zip lines, climbing structures and walls, trampoline zones, virtual reality, a “gaming theatre” and party rooms

Indoor water park with 6,000 square feet of slides, dumping buckets and sprayers

Clothing and apparel boutique

900 parking spaces

Huh??? Wrote:
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> $20M just to buy the land...?
>
> I am on the record now. This will be the
> sports/fitness version of what happened to Yates
> Pizza Palace on Duke Street. They will get close
> to the end of building this thing, run out of
> money and put it up for sale before it ever
> opens.
>
> Their plan is too ambitious. Sports are popular
> here...there is not enough interest to support a
> facility like this.


You didn't read the whole article.
They have deep pockets.
" They are backed financially by Cain International, a global private equity firm, whose board includes Todd Boehly, a co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and CEO of Eldridge Industries, and Jonathan Goldstein, Cain’s CEO. The St. James' team also includes developer Akridge, general contractor LF Jennings and architect HKS."

As long as theres a locker room where I can stand around nude and with my foot up on a bench (the Captain Morgan).

Huh??? Wrote:
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> $20M just to buy the land...?
>
> I am on the record now. This will be the
> sports/fitness version of what happened to Yates
> Pizza Palace on Duke Street. They will get close
> to the end of building this thing, run out of
> money and put it up for sale before it ever
> opens.
>
> Their plan is too ambitious. Sports are popular
> here...there is not enough interest to support a
> facility like this.

This sports complex, just like Yates Pizza Palace, will never open.

It's too big. This place can't generate enough cash for 20 to 30 years to pay off the note.

Jeff Yates showed everyone how to blow a huge real estate deal in this area. He buys Generous George's for $3.5 million, and now he wants to sell Yates Pizza Palace, as is, almost finished, for $7 million.

Jeff built the place to hold 425 people, two kitchens, big roof top party deck for bands, 12,000 square feet of space, and NO PARKING! Who does something like that? Jeff Yates does!

Who cares how deep their pockets are. This sports complex is going to bomb. There are too many competing interests to financially make it all work.

Yates Pizza Palace won't open! Wrote:
>
> Who cares how deep their pockets are. This sports
> complex is going to bomb. There are too many
> competing interests to financially make it all
> work.

Yeah, because pizza and sports are exactly the same.
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10 dollars to go to a Fairfax County rec center 1 time. Highway robbery and half the place is taken over by cottage industry swim teams renting the lanes for peanuts while the team owners get rich off using the public facilities. Thats why people aren't goin and they have to keep raising the price

Pools are suppose to be cheap public rec places for everyone

Yates Pizza Palace won't open! Wrote:
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> Huh??? Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > $20M just to buy the land...?
> >
> > I am on the record now. This will be the
> > sports/fitness version of what happened to
> Yates
> > Pizza Palace on Duke Street. They will get
> close
> > to the end of building this thing, run out of
> > money and put it up for sale before it ever
> > opens.
> >
> > Their plan is too ambitious. Sports are popular
> > here...there is not enough interest to support
> a
> > facility like this.
>
> This sports complex, just like Yates Pizza Palace,
> will never open.
>
> It's too big. This place can't generate enough
> cash for 20 to 30 years to pay off the note.
>
> Jeff Yates showed everyone how to blow a huge real
> estate deal in this area. He buys Generous
> George's for $3.5 million, and now he wants to
> sell Yates Pizza Palace, as is, almost finished,
> for $7 million.
>
> Jeff built the place to hold 425 people, two
> kitchens, big roof top party deck for bands,
> 12,000 square feet of space, and NO PARKING! Who
> does something like that? Jeff Yates does!
>
> Who cares how deep their pockets are. This sports
> complex is going to bomb. There are too many
> competing interests to financially make it all
> work.


It must suck to be around you

I hope the have several sloping neck vaulting horses.

The other thing worth mentioning is...that is the absolute shittiest piece of property in all of Springfield. That area is an industrial park. A nuclear power plant or the city dump have more curb appeal than that shithole.

There's a reason shit costs what it does in Tysons and things are so cheap in Springfield. The problem is, this footprint in Tysons might be triple the price and basically doesn't exist...

I belong to a gym. My kids play 2 sports per season. We're perfectly fine with our facilities and their proximity. Who is the customer for this monstrosity?

The site also includes land scheduled for possible future development as a Redskins Stadium and a SpaceX launch pad.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-spacex-air-force-shuttle-20170907-story.html

This place is going to be a gold mine.

Nearby indoor soccer facility, tiny by comparison, is always overbooked.

Prices for ice time around here have skyrocketed - with events scheduled regularly for 4 AM.

Parents will stroke a check for whatever amount is needed for a first-rate indoor facility.

Yuppies have excess income and are eager to spend it somewhere that drips with healthiness.

This could easily become a place where, if you have to ask the cost, you don't belong.

Fucked.Up Wrote:
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> The other thing worth mentioning is...that is the
> absolute shittiest piece of property in all of
> Springfield. That area is an industrial park. A
> nuclear power plant or the city dump have more
> curb appeal than that shithole.
>
> There's a reason shit costs what it does in Tysons
> and things are so cheap in Springfield. The
> problem is, this footprint in Tysons might be
> triple the price and basically doesn't exist...
>
> I belong to a gym. My kids play 2 sports per
> season. We're perfectly fine with our facilities
> and their proximity. Who is the customer for this
> monstrosity?

Bet you said the same thing about Mosaic District.
You've never looked at a map if you think it's the 'shittest' location.
It's right off two major highways walking distance to VRE. You do realize 'curb appeal' can be fixed?

- Springfield is roughly 15.2 square miles if you include North Springfield, West Springfield, and parts of Newington that have a Springfield mailing address.

- Tysons is 4.9 square miles.

Things are cheaper because of size and density.

In 3 years it will smell like ass just like the current springfield sportsplex.

Plus, there will be plenty of aggressive Fairfax county sports assholes (Hey nothing wrong with that I consider myself one) around to start fights during games and scare off the rich yuppies, just like springfield sportsplex does now too!

So who the hell is going to go there then? Mexicans? They don't have the dough for that and would rather tear up the grass at some random elementary school in the winter.

Their best bet is the hockeytards since there is a dearth of rink time around here (like someone else said).

Curb appealing Wrote:
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> Fucked.Up Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Bet you said the same thing about Mosaic
> District.
> You've never looked at a map if you think it's the
> 'shittest' location.
> It's right off two major highways walking distance
> to VRE. You do realize 'curb appeal' can be
> fixed?
>
> - Springfield is roughly 15.2 square miles if you
> include North Springfield, West Springfield, and
> parts of Newington that have a Springfield mailing
> address.
>
> - Tysons is 4.9 square miles.
>
> Things are cheaper because of size and density.


That location is pretty shitty, no comparison to Mosaic. Mosaic at least started life as a huge movie theater, nice condos, Xsport, Chipotle, Noodles and a few other shops.

Industrial dr has Vulcan, auto body shops and apartments full of illegals around it.

It's a really shitty location.

P6VNW Wrote:
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> Huh??? Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > $20M just to buy the land...?
> >
> > I am on the record now. This will be the
> > sports/fitness version of what happened to
> Yates
> > Pizza Palace on Duke Street. They will get
> close
> > to the end of building this thing, run out of
> > money and put it up for sale before it ever
> > opens.
> >
> > Their plan is too ambitious. Sports are popular
> > here...there is not enough interest to support
> a
> > facility like this.
>
>
> You didn't read the whole article.
> They have deep pockets.
> " They are backed financially by Cain
> International, a global private equity firm, whose
> board includes Todd Boehly, a co-owner of the Los
> Angeles Dodgers and CEO of Eldridge Industries,
> and Jonathan Goldstein, Cain’s CEO. The St.
> James' team also includes developer Akridge,
> general contractor LF Jennings and architect HKS."

Combined Properties isn't involved, so it will probably do well. Shit, even being built puts it miles ahead of Combined.

What a fine location, I can catch me a grainer to and from

bobthort Wrote:
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> In 3 years it will smell like ass just like the
> current springfield sportsplex.
>


That will be from me standing around nude with my foot up on a bench (the Captain Morgan). Yep, I'm THAT guy.

Curb appealing Wrote:
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> Fucked.Up Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The other thing worth mentioning is...that is
> the
> > absolute shittiest piece of property in all of
> > Springfield. That area is an industrial park. A
> > nuclear power plant or the city dump have more
> > curb appeal than that shithole.
> >
> > There's a reason shit costs what it does in
> Tysons
> > and things are so cheap in Springfield. The
> > problem is, this footprint in Tysons might be
> > triple the price and basically doesn't exist...
> >
> > I belong to a gym. My kids play 2 sports per
> > season. We're perfectly fine with our
> facilities
> > and their proximity. Who is the customer for
> this
> > monstrosity?
>
> Bet you said the same thing about Mosaic
> District.
> You've never looked at a map if you think it's the
> 'shittest' location.
> It's right off two major highways walking distance
> to VRE. You do realize 'curb appeal' can be
> fixed?
>
> - Springfield is roughly 15.2 square miles if you
> include North Springfield, West Springfield, and
> parts of Newington that have a Springfield mailing
> address.
>
> - Tysons is 4.9 square miles.
>
> Things are cheaper because of size and density.

Bet you're a faggot. Because only faggots refer to it as The Mosaic District. You obviously got here 5 minutes ago and are not NOVA born and bred. If you were NOVA born and bred, you would not allow a Yankee carpetbagger developer to come down here, put together some fancy marketing plan and rape away your local history. That area is called Merrifield. It was called Merrifield when John S. Mosby rode through there regularly raising hell and it will always be Merrifield. Fuck the Mosaic District and fuck you, you insufferable prick...

ANY place in Springfield will have ALL the undesirables there playing soccer.
The whole cinema theater will fail.
All it takes is one little crime to shut a place like this down.
So many wetbacks playing soccer and the isolated environment back there!? Isn't there already an indoor soccer facility back there???

Captain Morgan Wrote:
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> As long as theres a locker room where I can stand
> around nude and with my foot up on a bench (the
> Captain Morgan).
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EXACTLY!

Fantom.Shitter Wrote:
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> Curb appealing Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Fucked.Up Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > The other thing worth mentioning is...that is
> > the
> > > absolute shittiest piece of property in all
> of
> > > Springfield. That area is an industrial park.
> A
> > > nuclear power plant or the city dump have
> more
> > > curb appeal than that shithole.
> > >
> > > There's a reason shit costs what it does in
> > Tysons
> > > and things are so cheap in Springfield. The
> > > problem is, this footprint in Tysons might be
> > > triple the price and basically doesn't
> exist...
> > >
> > > I belong to a gym. My kids play 2 sports per
> > > season. We're perfectly fine with our
> > facilities
> > > and their proximity. Who is the customer for
> > this
> > > monstrosity?
> >
> > Bet you said the same thing about Mosaic
> > District.
> > You've never looked at a map if you think it's
> the
> > 'shittest' location.
> > It's right off two major highways walking
> distance
> > to VRE. You do realize 'curb appeal' can be
> > fixed?
> >
> > - Springfield is roughly 15.2 square miles if
> you
> > include North Springfield, West Springfield,
> and
> > parts of Newington that have a Springfield
> mailing
> > address.
> >
> > - Tysons is 4.9 square miles.
> >
> > Things are cheaper because of size and density.
>
> Bet you're a faggot. Because only faggots refer to
> it as The Mosaic District. You obviously got here
> 5 minutes ago and are not NOVA born and bred. If
> you were NOVA born and bred, you would not allow a
> Yankee carpetbagger developer to come down here,
> put together some fancy marketing plan and rape
> away your local history. That area is called
> Merrifield. It was called Merrifield when John S.
> Mosby rode through there regularly raising hell
> and it will always be Merrifield. Fuck the Mosaic
> District and fuck you, you insufferable prick...

YEA!

Fantom.Shitter Wrote:
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> Bet you're a faggot. Because only faggots refer to
> it as The Mosaic District. You obviously got here
> 5 minutes ago and are not NOVA born and bred. If
> you were NOVA born and bred, you would not allow a
> Yankee carpetbagger developer to come down here,
> put together some fancy marketing plan and rape
> away your local history. That area is called
> Merrifield. It was called Merrifield when John S.
> Mosby rode through there regularly raising hell
> and it will always be Merrifield. Fuck the Mosaic
> District and fuck you, you insufferable prick...


LOL! You bet wrong. I said MOSAIC to trigger some trolls. It's so easy when you're this stupid.

Born and raised here. Went to Oakton Elementary then moved to Burke and went to Robinson. I even remember what the Taco Bell in Merrifield was before the switch.

The MOSAIC district is nice. Much better than a Multiplex (or drive-in)

Faggot? Is that supposed to offend me? Sure ... I'm a faggot. Sick burn, bro.
I'll go to the Target in the MOSAIC district to pick up first aid ointment.

I'm kinda hungry ... I could go for some Nando's. Luckily there is one in the MOSAIC district.

Rape away with loser Confederate history and Mosby. Fact: Mosby's dumb-ass didn't 'raise hell' there. He got shot and had to be hospitalized. He got shot AGAIN a year later taunting Union soldiers.

Curb appealling Wrote:
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> Rape away with loser Confederate history and
> Mosby. Fact: Mosby's dumb-ass didn't 'raise hell'
> there. He got shot and had to be hospitalized. He
> got shot AGAIN a year later taunting Union
> soldiers.

Curb appealling Wrote:
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> Fantom.Shitter Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > Bet you're a faggot. Because only faggots refer
> to
> > it as The Mosaic District. You obviously got
> here
> > 5 minutes ago and are not NOVA born and bred.
> If
> > you were NOVA born and bred, you would not allow
> a
> > Yankee carpetbagger developer to come down
> here,
> > put together some fancy marketing plan and rape
> > away your local history. That area is called
> > Merrifield. It was called Merrifield when John
> S.
> > Mosby rode through there regularly raising hell
> > and it will always be Merrifield. Fuck the
> Mosaic
> > District and fuck you, you insufferable
> prick...
>
>
> LOL! You bet wrong. I said MOSAIC to trigger some
> trolls. It's so easy when you're this stupid.
>
> Born and raised here. Went to Oakton Elementary
> then moved to Burke and went to Robinson. I even
> remember what the Taco Bell in Merrifield was
> before the switch.
>
> The MOSAIC district is nice. Much better than a
> Multiplex (or drive-in)
>
> Faggot? Is that supposed to offend me? Sure ...
> I'm a faggot. Sick burn, bro.
> I'll go to the Target in the MOSAIC district to
> pick up first aid ointment.
>
> I'm kinda hungry ... I could go for some Nando's.
> Luckily there is one in the MOSAIC district.
>
> Rape away with loser Confederate history and
> Mosby. Fact: Mosby's dumb-ass didn't 'raise hell'
> there. He got shot and had to be hospitalized. He
> got shot AGAIN a year later taunting Union
> soldiers.


You moved from Oakton to Burke???????????????????????????

>I even remember what the Taco Bell in Merrifield was before the switch.

You have not seen shit boy..You never were in the Truckers Stop or Jack In The box hitting after hitting your bong ..at the Merrifield Taco Smell location..!

And I never Was Allowed into the Truckers Stop Eiother..LOL even thou I was a long hair..cause I did not use drugs and was hence..UNCOOL..With Leftist Libs In Training..!

DAJAX Not a Wisp of the Weed since 71..

hahahahaha Wrote:
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> Curb appealling Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Fantom.Shitter Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> >
> > > Bet you're a faggot. Because only faggots
> refer
> > to
> > > it as The Mosaic District. You obviously got
> > here
> > > 5 minutes ago and are not NOVA born and bred.
> > If
> > > you were NOVA born and bred, you would not
> allow
> > a
> > > Yankee carpetbagger developer to come down
> > here,
> > > put together some fancy marketing plan and
> rape
> > > away your local history. That area is called
> > > Merrifield. It was called Merrifield when
> John
> > S.
> > > Mosby rode through there regularly raising
> hell
> > > and it will always be Merrifield. Fuck the
> > Mosaic
> > > District and fuck you, you insufferable
> > prick...
> >
> >
> > LOL! You bet wrong. I said MOSAIC to trigger
> some
> > trolls. It's so easy when you're this stupid.
> >
> > Born and raised here. Went to Oakton Elementary
> > then moved to Burke and went to Robinson. I
> even
> > remember what the Taco Bell in Merrifield was
> > before the switch.
> >
> > The MOSAIC district is nice. Much better than a
> > Multiplex (or drive-in)
> >
> > Faggot? Is that supposed to offend me? Sure ...
> > I'm a faggot. Sick burn, bro.
> > I'll go to the Target in the MOSAIC district to
> > pick up first aid ointment.
> >
> > I'm kinda hungry ... I could go for some
> Nando's.
> > Luckily there is one in the MOSAIC district.
> >
> > Rape away with loser Confederate history and
> > Mosby. Fact: Mosby's dumb-ass didn't 'raise
> hell'
> > there. He got shot and had to be hospitalized.
> He
> > got shot AGAIN a year later taunting Union
> > soldiers.
>
>
> You moved from Oakton to
> Burke???????????????????????????

Yeah, from an apartment to a single family home in Burke Center then Fairfax Station when my sister was born.

Hysterical. Isn't it?

You Punk..LOL Wrote:
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> You have not seen shit boy..You never were in the
> Truckers Stop or Jack In The box hitting after
> hitting your bong ..at the Merrifield Taco Smell
> location..!
>

I was 5 years old, a bit young to be smoking at Jack In The Box.

I have lit up in the lovely Mosaic District before a movie.
Nothing wrong with it. It's much better for you than the fried turds you lovingly post as edible food.

Nice Guy Eddie Wrote:
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> Captain Morgan Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > As long as theres a locker room where I can
> stand
> > around nude and with my foot up on a bench (the
> > Captain Morgan).

Change the ethnicity of the old men to Koreans, and you just captured the locker room at lifetime fair city mall!!! Add the sandpaper white towels too!

John Mosby be damned.
Vienna be razed.

The Town of Mosaic offers outdoor yoga.

The St James is a Vienna Glory Hole franchise location.

I never thought it possible: it's the Town of Mosaic for me.

Speaking of sports, what do you think about https://bet-1xbet-nga.com guys? I an not into sports betting and I don't know much about it but I would love to try it out. It is so popular now and it seems like the thing is really interesting.