Audi Field

Audi Field
Aerial View
Audi Field is located in the District of Columbia
Audi Field
Audi Field
Location in Washington, D.C.
Audi Field is located in the United States
Audi Field
Audi Field
Location in the United States
Address100 Potomac Avenue SW
LocationBuzzard Point Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°52′06″N 77°00′46″W / 38.868411°N 77.012869°W / 38.868411; -77.012869
Public transit Washington Metro
at Navy Yard–Ballpark
OwnerDistrict of Columbia
OperatorD.C. United
Capacity20,000
Field size115 yd × 75 yd (105 m × 69 m)
SurfaceBermuda grass
Construction
Broke groundFebruary 27, 2017[1]
OpenedJuly 9, 2018 (ribbon cutting)[4]
July 14, 2018 (first game)[5]
Construction cost$400 million – $500 million
ArchitectPopulous[2]
Marshall Moya Design[3]
General contractorTurner Construction Company
Tenants
D.C. United (MLS) (2018–present)
Washington Spirit (NWSL) (2018–present)
Loudoun United (USLC) (2019)
DC Defenders (XFL/UFL) (2020–present)
DC Power (USLS) (2024–present)
Website
audifield.com

Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of the D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders American football team. The stadium seats 20,000 people. Previously, D.C. United had explored sites in the Washington metropolitan area. Following the failure of an initial stadium proposal in 2006, D.C. United made two additional stadium proposals that also failed to be built. In January 2011, the club explored using previously unused land at Buzzard Point to build a stadium; this was confirmed in July 2013, when Buzzard Point was announced as the stadium location. The ground-breaking ceremony occurred in February 2017, with construction completed in July 2018.

  1. ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (February 16, 2017). "DC United announce stadium groundbreaking ceremony on February 27". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Bromley, Ben (February 15, 2014). "New D.C. United Stadium Renderings, by Architecture Firm Populous, Released". SB Nation. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  3. ^ Hansen, Drew (April 21, 2016). "D.C. United Stadium Has a Name (at Least Tentatively)". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Giambalvo, Emily (July 10, 2018). "D.C. United ushers in 'a new era' with Audi Field ribbon-cutting ceremony". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2018 – via www.WashingtonPost.com.
  5. ^ Goff, Steven (January 4, 2018). "D.C. United will open Audi Field on July 14, setting up All-Star Week on waterfront". Retrieved January 5, 2018 – via www.WashingtonPost.com.