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Subject: National Park Posted by: Great One - [1122611] Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 15:56 Washington Nationals new stadium Gorgeous. | |||||||
| 1 | Great One ID: 1122611 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 16:00 |
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| 2 | Great One ID: 1122611 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 16:01 |
for those who don't like to click... Opening March 2008 Capacity 41,222 (22,000 seats in the lower bowl, 12,100 in the upper seating bowl, 2,500 club seats, 1,112 suite seats, a 500-seat founder's club with indoor dining, and a 1,300- seat diamond club with indoor dining) Number of Suites 78 (8 Founders Suites with 16 seats, 2 Owners Suites with 24 seats, 58 Standard Suites with 12 seats, and 10 Party Suites with 10 seats) Owner District of Columbia Architect HOK Sport/Devrouax-Purnell Architects Construction Clark Construction Group of Bethesda, Hunt Construction Group of Indianapolis and Smoot Construction of Washington, D.C. Ballpark Cost $611 million Dimensions 336L, 377LC, 403C, 370RC, 335R Location Southeast Washington, south of the Capitol, along the waterfront district adjacent to the Navy Yard Some fast facts: Every seat will feature a cupholder. The ballpark features the amenities you'd expect in a modern facility, including a 10,000-square-foot restaurant/bar, conference center, 5,000-square-foot team store, kids' retail store and picnic area. The press box will be named after longtime Washington Post scribe Shirley Povich. Located high above the suite level, it will be 12,000 square feet and feature four radio booths, four television booths and 100 media seats. There will be 181 point-of-sale concession stands in the ballpark. Nationals fans will probably be a little stunned by the new concourses. On the main level the concourse will be 40 feet wide on average. Eight escalators and seven elevators will move fans between levels. | ||||||
| 3 | Great One ID: 1122611 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 16:02 | Is Smoot Construction from DC something to do with Fred Smoot? thats odd... | ||||||
| 4 | J Leader ID: 049346417 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 16:14 | Good stuff. My sister lives in DC so I will definitely make an appearance sometime this year. Very pissed that the Mets don't have a weekend date in DC all year!!!!! | ||||||
| 5 | ChicagoTRS ID: 4110481415 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 17:25 | Where ever they play it has to be better than RFK...I saw a game there two years ago and that place was a dive. | ||||||
| 6 | Electroman ID: 4111212723 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 18:40 | It is actually a little painful to look at. | ||||||
| 7 | R9 Leader ID: 02624472 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 19:04 | Definitely a fan of the seats behind home plate being at field level. | ||||||
| 8 | KrazyKoalaBears ID: 421148121 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 21:18 |
ChicagoTRS, interestingly, RFK was designed for baseball. Go figure. A group of co-workers is already talking about taking in a game or two this season at the new stadium. This makes me want to go that much more. | ||||||
| 9 | KrazyKoalaBears ID: 421148121 Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 21:20 | Actually, I should have said that it was designed for both football and baseball, but it always seemed more natural in its baseball layout. | ||||||
| 10 | Da Bomb Donor ID: 487112814 Sat, Mar 29, 2008, 05:20 | RFK was definitely the least aesthetically pleasing MLB stadium. This stadium of course is an obvious upgrade and will help drive up the attendance. | ||||||
| 11 | holt ID: 341542412 Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 02:48 |
some better views of it here, interior and exterior: http://www.jdland.com/dc/stadium.cfm?tab=no3 http://www.jdland.com/dc/stadium.cfm?tab=no2 | ||||||
| 12 | darkside Achiever ID: 3590317 Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 11:54 | Anybody who goes to National park should search out the Ben's Chili Bowl stand. Ben's is a DC institution (open for 40+ years and the only establishment that stayed open on U. St. during the riots) that has some of the best chili-related food I've ever had. It was a big deal when it was announced they would have a stand in the park. The half-smoke with chili (and cheese/onions) is the standard fare. But, I'm partial to the chili cheese fries myself. Anyway, find Ben's...you won't be disappointed...it's true DC flavor. | ||||||
| 13 | Razor ID: 12152319 Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 13:50 |
RFK was definitely the least aesthetically pleasing MLB stadium. I have never been to RFK, but I bet you've never been to Tropicana. | ||||||
| 14 | KrazyKoalaBears ID: 421148121 Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 14:56 |
I have never been to RFK, but I bet you've never been to Tropicana. Been to both and I'd have to agree with Razor. RFK was just old. Tropicana was ugly from the start (which I was there for). | ||||||
| 15 | Ref Donor ID: 539581218 Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 17:13 | I've been to the Trop. While it's not aesthetically pleasing, I didn't have much of a problem with it. Of course I had great seats and watched a great game. | ||||||
| 16 | Ref Donor ID: 539581218 Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 17:14 | Btw, this stadium looks great. Good for DC!!! | ||||||
| 17 | blue hen ID: 16322314 Mon, Mar 31, 2008, 10:45 |
I've been to both RFK and the Trop. The Trop was kind of like a joke stadium, like playing in a high school gym. That in itself was actually pretty interesting, although I'll admit that it was pretty ugly all around. And I also didn't mind RFK much - but remember that I grew up with Veterans Stadium. This one looks pretty nice and I plan to make a trip there this summer. | ||||||
| 18 | Matt G ID: 4115787 Mon, Mar 31, 2008, 11:20 |
cough metrodome cough metrodome. horrid | ||||||
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