I think the dump truck full of cash convinced him otherwise
Value proposition isn’t there anymore either, airbnbs used to be super affordable but now match the price of hotels and if they don’t are in inconvenient locations.
Not to mention the impact it has on local housing supply and pricing.
Watched it a few days ago, honestly it wasn’t as bad as the box office would make you believe. Some thoughts:
Overall I did enjoy it for the most part, it coukdbr been better but given DC’s track record this was actually in the top 25% of dc projects