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Aug 24, 2007

What Does the Stadium Need?

In just a few months, fans will finally get a glimpse of the new $611 million baseball stadium rising in Southeast. No longer will they simply be looking at an artists rendering — they’ll get to see the new concourse, the stands, the suites and the field for themselves. And today the Post’s Marc Fisher poses an interesting question — beyond the bricks and mortar, what should the team’s owners offer inside the stadium? After…

May 28, 2006

Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse

The weeks starts out right when a sucker punch on the field lands Chicagoist in the middle of a Sox/Cubs throwdown and the fists continue to fly in the comments. Despite suburban resident Ms. Pinney’s best little try no books will be banned anytime soon and the El is really really gross. Houstonist is there to start compiling the punditry when when the guilty, guilty Enron verdict comes down. This guy seems to be able…

Mar 29, 2005

(Insert Corporation Here) Field at RFK Stadium

In a little over three weeks, the Washington Nationals will take to the soon-to-be-completed baseball diamond at RFK Stadium for their first home game in over three decades. Following the trend of most major league sports facilities in the country, District officials have been anxiously searching for a corporate sponsor willing to shell out anywhere from $1.5 to $2 million a year until 2008 for the naming rights to the stadium — a notable change…

Feb 23, 2005

Designing a Place for the Nats’ Hats and Bats

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…

 
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