When news broke last week that the Lerner family was witholding rent payments on the new baseball stadium because they claimed it wasn't fully complete, many residents were predictably peeved. But today the Post is reporting that the D.C. Council may take a step that will similarly annoy everyone else who attends Nats games -- they might raise taxes on tickets and concessions to cover the rent shortfall. The legislation, introduced during one of the......

August will soon be upon us, Congress is about to duck out of town and the only thing most people can talk about is presidential politics. But that's not stopping the District voting rights movement, which continues to push forward in its fight for full voting representation in Congress. On Tuesday the D.C. Council voted on legislation calling for electronic signs to be placed outside the Wilson Building and Nationals Park that will tally the......

Hooray? The Post is reporting that the D.C. Council endorsed legislation yesterday that would place electronic signs at the new baseball stadium displaying the amount of federal taxes paid by District residents while not having any voting rights. In theory, the signs would make the point to baseball fans that Distrist residents are not only not formally represented in Congress, they are also taxed to boot. While we've long pushed for the council to take......

As if it wasn't enough that key city officials have not been willing to agree to support $225 million in public financing for a new stadium at Poplar Point (they've been holding at $150 million for the last month), City Paper's Mike DeBonis reports that more than a dozen people were laid off from United owner Victor MacFarlane's company last week -- including Linda Mercado Greene, a former top aide to Marion Barry who helped......

Last week we told you about some major Green and Yellow line weekend delays in store thanks to switch replacement work planned for the Mount Vernon Square/7th St-Convention Center Metro station. That news was based on a report from the Washington Post's Get There blog, which unfortunately had the wrong dates listed for when the work would start: anyone who rode the Green or Yellow lines last weekend can attest that the trains were running......

Remember way back, when there were ungodly Red line delays of almost 30 minutes for four consecutive weekends? You know, the delays that made Metro think that we needed a big break from all track work for a month? Well, those delays seem like a cakewalk in comparison to how upcoming weekend track work that's scheduled for the Green and Yellows Lines at Mount Vernon Square station will alter riders' ability to get places on......

After all the good reviews of the new baseball stadium, the owners of the Nats seem more than happy to flaunt their newest city-built acquisition. And what better way than an open house? This Friday and Saturday the team is hosting a big open house for fans and residents alike, kinda like the housewarming party you throw when you move into a new place. Well, if your living room fit 41,000 and had a 5,000......

The area around the new baseball stadium isn't much more than a construction site so far, but the promise of a bustling entertainment district in what was formerly a bleak industrial sector is enough to leave developers and city officials frantic for a new branding. According to a Post article published today:Despite appearances, this is just the way District leaders hoped it would be: a ballpark set amid a vast Southeast Washington neighborhood in the......

D.C. might not have voting rights, but as a terribly small consolation prize, our baseball team is letting us vote on the in-game music in hopes of starting some lasting traditions at the new Nationals Park. Right now you can go to the Washington Nationals web site and select the song to be played on the stadium PA after a home run, during the 7th inning stretch, and after a Nationals victory. Go here to......

We were just forwarded what may be the worst, and somehow at the same time the absolute greatest, Metro ad campaign we've ever run across. The video above, uploaded to YouTube yesterday, is part of WMATA's efforts to make sure as many people as possible take public transportation to the new Nationals Park at the Navy Yard, instead of driving. Allow us to set the scene for you: Three lifeless Easter Peeps, all office......

We know. After the D.C. quarter debacle, we're getting the message -- voting rights is just too controversial an issue for the American public. According to the Post, the owners of the Washington Nationals feel that an electronic billboard listing the amount of federal taxes paid by District residents that the D.C. Council wants to place in the new ballpark is too "political" and "controversial" for baseball fans. As you may recall, late last year......

Metro's board will be holding a full public hearing today on the future of the city's most circulated lines, the 30s. The current set of six routes run east to west along Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Avenues, and carry over 20,000 passengers a day from residential areas in Northwest and Southeast to downtown commercial districts - but unfortunately, the routes suffer from a lot of stops and gos along the way, stalling pick up times......

The Nationals have officially announced their complete lineup of food vendors that will serve the new stadium. The list of 11 pretty much runs the gamut of sporting events foodstuffs, including: Boardwalk Fries, Gifford’s Ice Cream, Red Hot and Blue, Hard Time’s Café, and Kosher Sports. Most notably on the list is Ben’s Chili Bowl, whose rumored second location at the stadium has been teasing Nats fans since December. Marc Fisher offers a great breakdown......

Short of making opening day at the new baseball stadium "Ride Metro Here and We'll Give You $100 Day," city officials and team owners are still trying to find a way to deal with what is likely to be a traffic and parking crush come March 29. According to the Post, the team is estimating that they will need 5,000 parking spaces for season ticket holders. Of those, 1,200 are being handled by the city,......

Remember the days when then-Mayor Anthony Williams claimed that a new stadium for the Washington Nationals would only cost $400 million? Yeah, so do we. Unfortunately, those days are long gone. According to the Examiner, higher-than-expected costs for land acquisition around the new stadium along South Capitol Street have pushed overall costs up by $43.2 million, meaning that by opening day the new stadium may end up costing closer to $700 million. The increased costs......