Nationals Park

Nationals Park is a baseball park located along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home ballpark for the Washington Nationals, the city's Major League Baseball franchise.

The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League East division.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply "D.C.", is the capital of the United States.

Major League Baseball is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Zimmerman's walk-off homer in first game at Nationals Park by MLB

When the Nationals franchise relocated to Washington, D.C., they temporarily played at RFK Stadium until Nationals Park was completed.

The New Nationals Park by Itsluisf Videos

It is the first LEED-certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States.

A stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

The United States of America, commonly referred to as the United States or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

The facility hosted the 2008 season's first game, when the Nationals hosted the Atlanta Braves on March 30, 2008 and the first game played there was a collegiate baseball game.

The ballpark, designed by HOK Sport and Devrouax & Purnell Architects and Planners, was originally to cost $611 million but eventually cost $693 million to build, with an additional $84.2 million spent on transportation, art, and infrastructure upgrades to support the stadium for a total cost of $783.9 million.

The stadium originally seated 41,888 fans, but some seats from various parts of the stadium have been removed since its opening to reduce the capacity to 41,546 in 2010, down to 41,487 in 2012, and to 41,418 in 2013.

The Washington Monument and the Capitol building are visible from the upper decks on the first base side of the field.

The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first American president.

The park's name echoes the original name of the early-1900s ballpark used by the Washington Senators/Nationals, which was called National Park until it was rebuilt and renamed Griffith Stadium.

Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW.

The name was originally a temporary name, as the Lerner Family had planned to sell its naming rights.

Theodore N. "Ted" Lerner is an American real estate developer, managing principal owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team, and founder of the real estate company Lerner Enterprises, the largest private landowner in the Washington metropolitan area,, with a wide portfolio of commercial, retail, residential and hotel properties, as well as Chelsea Piers in New York.

When a strong bid never surfaced, the team chose to stick with Nationals Park.

The stadium and its grounds are owned by Events DC.

Nationals Park will host the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the first All-Star Game to be played in Washington, D.C. since 1969.

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball contested between players from the American League and the National League, currently selected by fans for starting fielders, by managers for pitchers, and by managers and players for reserves.

2018 will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium, the 18th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.

Nationals Park is also home to the traditional Presidents Race during the fourth inning.

The Presidents Race is a promotional event held at every Washington Nationals home game at Nationals Park in the middle of the fourth inning.