Poplar Point Stadium

D.C. United Stadium is an informal name that has been given for several soccer-specific stadium sites in the Washington, D.C. area. Ever since the initial proposal in 2006, D.C. United has had two additional stadium proposals that have failed to form. The present proposal is a stadium in Buzzard Point, seating an unconfirmed amount of people. The first proposal, colloquially known as "Poplar Point Stadium" would have been built in the new Poplar Point neighborhood, south of the Anacostia River, with the stadium overlooking Nationals Ballpark, the home ballpark for the Washington Nationals baseball team. The stadium, expected to seat 24,000–30,000; was to be part of mixed housing and development in one contractor's bid. That bid,...