Despite hinting that it would settle for anything from College Park to Baltimore as an alternative to its aging digs at RFK Stadium, D.C. United looks poised to remain in the District for the 2012 season. more ›

If you own a baseball or football team, getting the attention of your local D.C. legislators isn't particularly hard. If you own a soccer team, well, good luck with that. more ›

Just in case you thought Major League Soccer was not-too-serious about helping to facilitate D.C. United's exit from Washington -- even though they've been surveying Baltimore residents about potentially relocating United to the city -- well, think again. more ›

After wrapping up yet another postseason-less campaign, the chatter surrounding D.C. United returns to an all-too-familiar topic: whether or not the team will actually remain in Washington for the long-term. more ›

Nationals Park is now three-and-a-half years old, but outside of hosting 81 games of baseball every year, the place kind of sits there, mostly unused. Aside from its main tenants, the stadium has hosted a mass by Pope Benedict XVI, a few opera simulcasts, and a couple of rock concerts. But shouldn't a building that cost the city over $600 million be in use year-round? more ›

In recent years, the District has been hit by record snowfalls, torrential rains, a hurricane and an earthquake. Fortunately, none of them have been particularly catastrophic -- but that doesn't mean that District officials aren't constantly preparing for one that could be. more ›

It's tough being a Washington Redskins fan these days. But at least attendees at FedEx Field will be able soak up this fall's sorrows with a delicious Ben's chili half-smoke. more ›

Sure, Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) was recently demoted from his beloved perch as chair of the D.C. Council's transportation committee. But he was given the parting gift of control over the District's Office of Planning. And it appears as if one of the first things Wells is focusing his planning efforts on might be a new stadium for D.C. United. more ›

In a not-totally-unexpected development, Mayor Vince Gray was roundly booed as he delivered the ceremonial "Play Ball" before today's Nationals home opener. Of course, the easy explanation is that the crowd really laid into Gray because of the generally poor job people believe he's done over his first three months in office. Add in the gloomy weather and its no surprise that the boo-birds ruffled their feathers. more ›

Tom Sietsema dropped a huge bomb for those following the progress of Shake Shack's arrival in the District -- the roadside burger joint that just started hiring at its 1216 18th Street NW location will apparently have an outlet inside Nationals Park this season. more ›

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans wants to bring the Washington Redskins back to D.C. This is not new knowledge, nor is he the only Councilmember to have made such optimistic overtures. Fully aware that the Redskins are tied into a lease at FedEx Field for another 16 years, Evans (and others) have taken a different tilt: trying to woo the team to relocate their training facilities to the District from faraway Ashburn, Virginia. more ›

Somewhat promising news today for fans of D.C. United, who, when it comes to the team's future in Washington, have recently heard little other than "hey, Baltimore's coming on pretty strong here": the club is reportedly looking at "at least four" sites inside the District to build a new stadium, according to Jonathan O'Connell. more ›

D.C. United packing up their shin pads and moving to Baltimore has been a hot rumor for, well, years. Speculation that a move might be on the horizon picked up some more steam this week, as the City of Baltimore released a year-long study on the positive economic impact the team and a new stadium might have if they moved north. more ›

The potential return of the Washington Redskins to the District of Columbia has always been a nice little crutch for local politicians to break out during football season. After all, people in D.C. like their Redskins, and appealing to their sense of hometown pride is never a bad idea, especially in a time of governmental transition and budgetary strife. Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans wasn't the first person to say that the Redskins should move back into the District when he recently floated the idea, and he most certainly won't be the last. more ›

Name the most dangerous neighborhood in the District. Go ahead. Did you come up with "L Street SE"? Yeah, neither did we. more ›

He may have had a good excuse to not be paying attention -- having just spent weeks hammering out a vital labor contract that likely saved his league -- but MLS Commissioner Don Garber showed no signs of understanding D.C.'s fragile financial state yesterday, expressing public frustration regarding the city's failure to build D.C. United a new stadium. more ›

With their chances of making the postseason finally dashed on Saturday night after a heartbreaking 2-2 draw in Kansas City, D.C. United's focus moved from the inconsistency of their on-the-field performance to their arguably much more intriguing off-the-field affairs. Besides a potential coaching change and plenty of questions about a major shake-up in the front office, the more pertinent debate is perhaps the still-looming issue of finding a new home for the club. more ›

Remember those fancy renderings of Nationals Park, the ones which showed it as a center of lively activity from both the land and the river? While the development freeze on the land side has been well documented, we were recently wondering about what's been going on with the plans to make the riverside a fun place to hang out too. more ›

Today the Post ran a story about how D.C. United has sent an online poll to their fans, asking them to rank, in order of preference, where they'd like to see a new stadium built. The three options are the Dulles Corridor, Lower Montgomery County, or the District of Columbia. If you didn't get the survey via email from the team, you can click here to share your thoughts. Along with asking how many games you think you'd be able to attend depending on where the stadium is built, the second question is perhaps most telling: "Assuming there is not a new stadium option for D.C. United within the District of Columbia, please rank each of the following two possible stadium locations based on your preference: Dulles Corridor/Dulles Airport or Lower Montgomery County." The survey will remain online through the end of the week. more ›

Victor MacFarlane, the San Francisco-based real estate magnate, has sold his share of D.C. United to partner Will Chang, another San Francisco real estate executive. Chang now owns 98% of the team, with former Dukies Christian Laettner and Brian Davis splitting the rest. Chang and MacFarlane bought the team in 2007 and have been particularly active in pushing new stadium developments in both Poplar Point and outside the District in Prince George's County. While the initial reaction may be panic — Red Bulls supporters could be heard chanting "St. Louis United" tauntingly after last night's D.C. win — there is a belief out there that MacFarlane's demands went beyond a stadium to include an entire complex. Either way, the next few months may hold some very interesting developments in the future of the club in the D.C. area. more ›

On Saturday, before the D.C. United-Toronto FC game, about 500 United fans marched from Lincoln Park to RFK Stadium in support of keeping the team in the D.C. area. The march was organized by fans and supporters' groups and had the support of the team. more ›

There's a report from the Associated Press that hit the wires a little while ago about how D.C. United fans rallied in Annapolis today to shore up support for the team's move to Prince George's County. The reporter counted about 60 people in attendance at said rally, the result of the team's push to get supporters to come out for hearings on the stadium issue set for today at the Maryland General Assembly. Earlier this month, United sent out a letter to fans begging them to support their move out of the city. We're curious, D.C. United fans: what did you make of the letter? Are you, at this point, in favor of the move? Or did you just feel like the team was asking you to support them abandoning the District? We've pasted the full letter, dated March 10, after the jump. more ›

When news came down last month that D.C. United was planning on moving to Prince George's County, we expressed both sadness that the team would depart the city, but also relief that at least it's not us on the line for another new stadium during a recession. Now it seems that county officials are having some second thoughts. more ›

Big local soccer news came in late last night: according to D.C. Wire, D.C. United has a press conference scheduled on Monday to announce that a bill will be introduced in the Maryland legislature that will allow United to move into a new stadium somewhere in Prince George's County. The report states that executive chairman Victor MacFarlane is currently scouting three potential locations for a new 24,000-seat venue, all near Blue Line Metro stations: two at Morgan Boulevard, one at Largo Town Center. more ›

If the thing weren't solidly anchored to the ground, we might expect to find the District's new baseball stadium hiding somewhere in a corner. After all, the last few months have seen enough bad news for Nationals Park to make even the most confident of publicly financed ballparks a little glum. more ›

Baseball season comes to its end over the next week, as the World Series is set to unfold between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Phillies. Here in D.C., we celebrate by freaking the eff out all over again over the cost of the brand new Nationals Park. Not only did hardly anyone go to Nats games in their new ballpark this year, but now we're hearing about how the whole endeavor actually cost over $690 million, quite a bit more than the regularly quoted $611 million figure. No one, and we mean no one, who followed the lengthy debate over the new baseball stadium could possibly be surprised by this news, but it's still causing quite a bit of consternation in some corners of the D.C. Council. more ›