I know they are talking about palying it elsewhere, I wish they would just play it at AU or something, but all the names I've heard thrown around are in the middle of the ghettos as well, ie Anacostia, Takoma Park, etc..basically places that give DC the murder reputation. The "commish" of the league wants to keep it true to its roots and is pushing for this to be outside at Barry farms.
I'll tell my one story. Kobe and Shaq were there once to watch, not play. I figured if this is the one time to go, I'll go. So I drove to the middle of Anacostia and had to park 4 blocks away. So...when you walk by the projects, you are literally walking by "the wire" (though that is in b-more). VERY rough and lets just say I stood out and was being watched. Miles, the commish of the league and MC,is NOT a fan of autographs and gave me sh@# over the PA system for asking Kobe for an autograph and embarrassed the living crap out of me for asking. Also, when I went to go buy water, the nice lady told me if I ever came back to bring just enough money to buy water because if I brought more I'd be an easy target. So..not only did I not get the graph, I was embarrassed and scared all at the same time. I've never gone back.
So..no autograph, especially for guys like WAll who signs at the game, is worth going through that risk again.
