Nationals Park opened in 2008 to much fanfare, it was the first LEED – certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States. The Nats struggles during their first two seasons along the Anacostia River enabled top draft picks Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper to join the organization. Their recent success has coincided with the revitalization of the Navy Yard area of DC. Views of the Washington Monument and the Capitol from the Upper Deck as well as the Presidents Race make a ballpark visit to our Nation’s capital a memorable one.
A Shot Heard Round Section 227
For some fans Opening Day is the start of the baseball season, but for me the announcement of the next season’s schedule is when I start thinking about the upcoming season. The release of the MLB schedule, usually in September, offers 2,430 opportunities to plan time out at the ballpark six to twelve months in advance. [Read more…]
Nationals Park Concierge
Ballpark Nerd Rank: 20
Opened: 2008 Capacity: 41,888
Schedule and Promotions
Seating Chart, Ticket Prices & Ballpark Nerd Recommendations
- Dugout Box sections 114-131
- Club Level sections 206-221
- Right Field Mezzanine sections 223-227
- Gallery sections 308-321
Getting to the Park
Address: 1500 S Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003
Ballpark Nerd recommends taking the Metro to Navy Yard station, other Metro options include the Orange, Blue or Silver Lines to Capitol South Station. Metrobus and the DC Circulator also serve Nationals Park. Parking options are limited and expensive. [Read more…]
Nationals Park
August 14, 2008: The District of Columbia
Since MLB relocated and rebranded the Expos from Montreal in 2005, the Nationals have carved out a niche in the nation’s capital. The Nationals played their first three seasons in the District at RFK Stadium, drawing 2.7 million fans in 2005, but the former home of the Washington Redskins and Senators lacked modern amenities and facilities. (The ticket offices, for example, were trailers outside RFK’s gates.) When MLB sold the Nationals to the D.C. real estate developer Ted Lerner in 2006, plans to build the team a new home were already in the works. President George H.W. Bush threw out the first pitch in Nationals Park history to open the 2008 MLB season. The game, played on a Sunday night in March, was a memorable and chilly one, as fans of MLB.tv can attest, ending on Ryan Zimmerman’s 9th-inning home run to defeat the Braves. Opening night at Nationals Park may have been the highlight of the season, as the Nats finished the year with baseball’s worst record (59-102), drawing 2.3 million fans to their new home in D.C.’s Navy Yard. What might have been a nightmare to some organizations was the turning point for the Nationals. Their #1 draft pick in 2009 and subsequently in 2010 enabled the organization to select two franchise-altering players, Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. [Read more…]
RFK Stadium
September 24, 2005: The District of Columbia
Baseball is America’s game, whose capital city, Washington, D.C., was without the game for 33 long years. Much has changed in the game of baseball and the country since September 30, 1971, the day the final Washington Senators game was played at RFK Stadium, and April 14, 2005, the day the Washington Nationals were inaugurated into their new position as D.C.’s home team. Major League Baseball has expanded to a global game with players from all over the world. [Read more…]