Before the Nats take the field at the spiffed-up RFK, the competition is already heating up. Eight architecture firms are bidding for the honor of designing the next great baseball stadium.
The winning team, which, according to the Post, will likely be announced in three weeks, has a tough assignment: Design a state-of-the-art facility that reflects the city and its history, while revitalizing a rundown area in Southeast and encouraging hordes of people to open their wallets inside the park.
Meanwhile, even the most original stadium design could be sidelined by an eagerly anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes.
Here’s a list of the finalists, and some of their more notable projects.
