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Website. eventsdc .com /Venues /RFKStadium .aspx. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. It is located about two miles (3 km) due east of the U.S. Capitol building, near the west bank of the Anacostia River and ...
In the 1990s, Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke was seeking to replace RFK Stadium as the team's stadium. Cooke sought to build next to Laurel Park Racecourse along Whiskey Bottom and Brock Bridge roads, but lack of parking facilities and public support prompted him to discard the idea. [ 16 ]
Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of the D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders American football team. The stadium seats 20,000 people. Previously, D.C. United had explored sites in the Washington metropolitan area.
The D.C. RFK Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act saw strong bipartisan support with 197 Democrats and 151 Republicans voting in favor of the bill, which passed 348-55. The bill will now ...
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium was built in 1961 as a multi-sport venue for football and baseball. Then, it was home to football's Washington Redskins and baseball's Washington Senators.
Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball 's Washington Nationals. Since its completion in 2008, it was the first LEED -certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States.
The D.C. Armory is an armory and a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in the eastern United States, located in Washington, D.C., east of the U.S. Capitol building. Managed by the Washington Convention and Sports Authority, the Armory was constructed [3] and opened in 1941, as the headquarters, [4] armory, and training facility [3] for the District of Columbia National Guard.
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