More than half of the owners of land within the stadium footprint are planning to fight the price offers they've received from the DC government, according to the
Post's "
Battle Brewing for Stadium Tracts." Two examples of owners going to court because the offers they've received are too low: land assessed at $241,000 given a purchase offer of $1.2 million, and land assessed at $654,000 given an offer of $1.8 million. The article also mentions the problems some of the owners are having trying to find new locations for their businesses.
UPDATE: The print version of this article (in the 9/25
Post) was accompanied by a map showing all of the parcels,
their 2005 tax assessments, and what the city has offered; however, this graphic hasn't been posted on the web site.
UPDATE II: I've created a
list showing all the stadium parcels along with their 2005 assessments and the city's purchase offer. The city has offered $97 million to the 33 landowners, for land that was assessed in March of 2005 at not quite $39 million. (entry bumped up because this is an interesting list)