The National Park Service will launch an environmental review examining redevelopment of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium site in Washington, with plans that could bring shops, housing and businesses to the area.
In a Federal Register filing Tuesday, the agency said the effort is intended to “revitalize” the site of the RFK Memorial Stadium and nearby Anacostia River waterfront into a “vibrant, mixed-use development.” A concentration of retail, parks and housing could serve as an “essential missing piece” for the surrounding neighborhood, the agency said.
The stadium, which opened in 1961, was once home to Washington’s NFL team, now the Washington Commanders, but the team left in 1996 and has been playing in Maryland. The empty stadium sat at 2400 E. Capitol St. NE on federal land within Anacostia Park, though the structure itself is owned by the District of Columbia.
Demolition of the aging stadium began last year, with the nonexplosive deconstruction expected to be completed by fall of this year.
