Nationals Park

Nationals Park
Nationals Park in 2019
Nationals Park is located in the District of Columbia
Nationals Park
Nationals Park
Location in Washington, D.C.
Nationals Park is located in the United States
Nationals Park
Nationals Park
Location in the United States
Address1500 South Capitol Street SE
LocationWashington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates38°52′22″N 77°0′27″W / 38.87278°N 77.00750°W / 38.87278; -77.00750
Public transit Washington Metro
at Navy Yard–Ballpark
Parking14 sanctioned parking lots or garages
OwnerEvents DC
OperatorWashington Nationals
Capacity41,373[1]
Record attendance45,966 (October 12, 2012 vs. Cardinals)
Field sizeLeft Field - 337 feet (103 m)
Left-Center - 377 feet (115 m)
Center Field - 402 feet (123 m)
Right-Center - 370 feet (113 m)
Right Field - 335 feet (102 m) [2]
SurfaceKentucky Bluegrass
Construction
Broke groundMay 4, 2006 (May 4, 2006)
OpenedMarch 22, 2008 (March 22, 2008) (college, George Washington Colonials)[8]
March 29, 2008 (March 29, 2008) (exhibition game)
March 30, 2008 (March 30, 2008) (regular season)[9]
Construction cost$693 million[3]
($981 million in 2023 dollars[4])
ArchitectHOK Sport (now Populous)
Devrouax & Purnell Architects - Planners
Project managerTurner
Brailsford & Dunlavey
McKissack & McKissack[5]
Structural engineerReStl
Thornton Tomasetti[6]
Services engineerM-E Engineers
JVP Engineers
SIM-G Technologies[7]
General contractorClark/Hunt/Smoot Joint Venture[6]
Tenants
Washington Nationals (MLB) (2008–present)

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]

Designed by HOK Sport and Devrouax & Purnell Architects and Planners,[11] the ballpark was initially expected to cost $670 million, with a later price tag of $693 million[3] to build, financed almost entirely by D.C[12]. This amount included $135 million in an upfront payment from taxpayer funds. The rest of the sum, about $535 million dollars, was funded by municipal bonds, putting the city deeply into debt[13]. An additional $84.2 million was spent on transportation, art, and infrastructure upgrades, bringing the total cost to $783.9 million.[14] The stadium has a capacity of 41,373.[1] The Washington Monument and the Capitol building are visible from the upper decks on the first base side of the field.

Nationals Park on May 10, 2013

Nationals Park hosted the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the first All-Star Game to be played in Washington, D.C., since 1969. It hosted games 3, 4, and 5 of the 2019 World Series, the first in the city since 1933.[15]

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