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read the full storyThe District of Columbia’s decades-long drive to revitalize its neighborhoods and establish itself as one of the world’s most attractive urban centers has required business and government to cooperate to create unique catalysts for redevelopment and growth. Starting with Metro in the ‘70s through the rejuvenation of Chinatown and U Street NW to today’s renewal of Northeast DC’s Atlas District, the public and private sectors have shared the burdens and benefits of creating new places to work, live and play.
read the full storyThere is little doubt that Washington-area sports fans have fallen for soccer. Sunday’s World Cup match between the U.S. and Portugal received a 13.3 overnight television rating in Washington, the highest by far of any place in the country.
read the full storyThe fate of a possible new soccer-specific stadium for D.C. United at Buzzard Point in Southwest Washington, D.C. could start to become a little clearer at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 26 as the D.C. Council holds its first joint public hearing on the proposal.
read the full storyOn Thursday morning in the Wilson Building just down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, three D.C. Council committees will hold a joint hearing on the District of Columbia Soccer Stadium Development Act of 2014. Which is to say, they’ll hold a hearing on the proposed plan that would allow D.C. United to build a […]
read the full storyBrazil was not the only winner on the opening day of the World Cup. Washington won the ESPN ratings race. D.C.’s TV market was first in the nation with a 5.1 rating, edging Boston (5.0), Miami-Fort Lauderdale (4.7), Los Angeles (4.6) and New York (4.5). The next five were San Francisco, Hartford, Providence, Austin and Orlando.
read the full storyIf the D.C. Council does not approve the deal for a new D.C. United soccer stadium, the deal will die. D.C. United will leave. And Buzzard Point will languish for another decade. I hate to say it, but it is as simple as that.
read the full storyD.C. United’s search for a home to call their own took an important step forward on Friday, as Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray announced that the city and club had reached an agreement for a soccer-specific stadium, and that he has submitted the proposal to the D.C. Council, the city’s legislative branch.
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