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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. It is located about two miles (3 km) due east of the U.S. Capitol building, near the west bank of the Anacostia River and next to the D.C. Armory.
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May 2, 2024 · D.C.’s Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium has been cleared for demolition after the National Park Service found that the demolition would have no negative impact on the environment...
- Emily Venezky
Dec 9, 2022 · Laughter, applause and tears punctuated D.C.’s ceremony Thursday, marking an end of an era for the iconic Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. The venue opened in 1961 as the D.C. Stadium...
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- A Brief History of RFK Stadium’S Most Notable Events
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- Our Favorite Moments in RFK Stadium History
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- Bounce House
- When RFK Stadium Alt-Rocked
- Revisiting RFK Stadium’S Weirdest Moments
- Not with A Bang
In many ways, Washington exists as an idea: a beacon of democracy, a special-interest swamp, an amorphous concept that our politicians love to rail against—especially when they’re running to get or stay here. But RFK Stadium? It was a real place, wood and grass, steel and concrete, its signature swooping roof resembling a roller coaster, or maybe ...
By the time DC United leftin 2017, RFK Stadium was a relic—and frankly, a bit of a dump. But when the building opened in 1961, it was something else entirely: a trendsetter. Grand views of the Capitol dome and Washington Monument. A space-age curved roof to rival Dulles airport’s. Parking lots so vast, the stadium was later called “a National Park ...
Key moments in the life of DC’s iconic stadium 1. OCTOBER 1, 1961OPENING DAYCalled “America’s most plush sports palace” by the Washington Post, DC Stadium opens with a National Football League game pitting the hometown team against the New York Giants, at a cost of $24 million—$18 million over budget. 2. APRIL 9, 1962PLAY BALL!President Kennedy thr...
Bobby Mitchell broke Washington’s color line in 1962 and became the team’s first Black star. During its long history, RFK wasn’t just a venue for sports and concerts. It was also an instrument for social justice. Though Washington’s football team represented a city with a majority-Black population, in the early 1960s it was the only National Footba...
Thrilling wins, famous firsts, and turning the world’s best-known residence into a cinematic doughnut hole The chant began during an NFL postseason victory the previous week. It resumed during warm-ups for the NFC title game against the hated Cowboys—and never quite stopped. John Riggins ran for 140 yards and two TDs, Dexter Manley wreaked defensi...
When Jack Kent Cooke’s Luxury Box Was The Place to Be Seen During DC’s pro-football glory days of the 1980s and early ’90s, locals arrived at RFK expecting a few hours of touchdowns and quarterback sacks, all ending—they hoped—in triumph. But over the course of games, fans would inevitably redirect their attention to a different spectacle, one taki...
Forget RFK’s curved ceiling. The stadium’s truesignature feature was visible only during the most exciting moments of a game. When a key touchdown, late-inning home run, or soccer goal whipped the crowd into a frenzy, fans would jump up and down on the lower-level bleachers—causing them to undulate and giving the concrete stadium the feel of a tram...
Remembering the very loud, very 1990s HFStival When the HFStival moved to RFK Stadium in 1993, it represented more than a chance to see Belly play “Feed the Tree” on the same field where Joe Gibbs and company dominated so many NFL opponents—it was a declaration that alternative rock had arrived. The annual multi-band concert put on by local alt-roc...
Four times the DC stadium hosted the strange and the silly Unification Church leader and Washington Times patron Reverend Sun Myung Moon presided over a wedding ceremony attended by roughly 40,000—including 2,500 arranged-marriage church couples taking vows on the football field. Highlights included 40,000 box lunches from an Alexandria caterer, a ...
If you were hoping to see RFK Stadium go out in a final blaze of earth-shaking, concrete-breaking, dust-creating glory—well, bad news. Unlike Seattle’s Kingdome, Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium, and many other obsolete mega-venues, RFK will not be decommissioned via getting blown to smithereens. “We’re going to be doing a lot of other cool things,...
May 14, 2024 · The National Park Service recently published its environmental assessment report for the demolition of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. The report looks at the impacts and mitigations that would occur from the deconstruction project or leaving the stadium as it is.
Demolition of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium can proceed. Date: May 2, 2024. Contact: NCR_Communications@nps.gov. WASHINGTON— The National Park Service (NPS) has evaluated the potential effects on the natural, cultural and human environment related to the demolition of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial (RFK) Stadium and has determined that the ...
Dec 16, 2022 · In Washington, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium — known as RFK stadium – which hosted many of the capital’s beloved sports teams – is decades old and now defunct. It holds many memories...
