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If you’ve ever fantasized about being Jeff Bezos and buying up acres of property in Arlington, you finally have your chance—assuming the die rolls in your favor.
Instead of Baltic Avenue and Marvin Gardens, players can build a real estate empire atop George Mason University and National Landing. The utilities are still there; they’re just sponsored by Washington Gas and Dominion Energy now. The four railroads have made way for Arlington’s Metro stops—Ballston, Crystal City, Court House, and Rosslyn.
The game was released a week ago, and Kate Bates, the president of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, says that only about 300 of the 1000 copies were left in inventory as of Thursday . To fill out the spaces on the board, Bates said, the Chamber of Commerce sold the naming rights to local businesses—with one of the dark blue or green properties before Go costing more than the brown ones. Bates said the proceeds will go toward the Chamber’s operations.