The District is effectively threatening to shut down Nationals Park if its owner fails to develop the commercial and retail space it promised in its original agreement with the city.
But Events DC, a company that calls itself “the premier host of conventions, entertainment, sporting and cultural events in the nation’s capital,” is the owner of Nationals Park itself, in addition to city venues such as the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and RFK Stadium. The $611 million ballpark welcomed baseball back to the District with a walk-off win on March 30, 2008.In its public filings with the D.C.
The company’s vision for the 17,000 square feet of retail space is itself reduced from a grander design it submitted in August 2019. At the time, the vision included an additional 35,000 square feet as part of a destination for dining, commercial space and watching sports. The project received D.C. Council approval and a commitment from Events DC of $3.6 million, according to Events DC’s filing before the zoning commission.
But then covid-19 struck, as did difficulties lining up public financing. The dual impact, according to the filing, put that vision on hold, too.
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