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Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. Since its completion in 2008, it was the first LEED-certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States. [10]
Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals, opened in 2008. In 2013, the neighborhood was the site of the Washington Navy Yard shooting. In 2021, Navy Yard was subjected to another shooting outside Nationals Park, injuring three. [10] The new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge was completed in 2021 . [11]
This park protecting four lakes near the Canada–US border is a site for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. The park also preserves a history populated by Ojibwe Native Americans, French fur traders called voyageurs, and gold miners. Formed by glaciers, the region features tall bluffs, rock gardens, islands, bays, and several historic buildings.
The Nationals played their first three seasons (2005–2007) at RFK, then moved to Nationals Park in 2008. While the Nationals played at RFK, it was the fourth-oldest active stadium in the majors, behind Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium. [108] During the Nationals' three seasons there, RFK then became known as a pitchers' park.
Just after 7 a.m. on what turned out to be a record-tying hottest day in the history of the nation's capital, more than 100 members of the U.S. military sprint from station to station to cycle ...
American League Park (I) Home of: Washington Senators/Nationals – AL (1901–1903) Location: Florida Avenue NE (southwest, first base); Trinidad Avenue NE (northwest, third base) Currently: Residential area RFK Stadium orig. D.C. Stadium Home of: Washington Senators – AL (1962–1971) Washington Nationals – NL (2005–2007)
Passengers exit the station near the park's center field entrance. Audi Field, a new soccer stadium for D.C. United, was built near Nationals Park and relies on Navy Park–Ballpark station for matchday transport. The stadium has no parking, and D.C. United expects that 60 percent of ticket holders will use Metro.
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