D.C. United Stadium

Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium under construction in Buzzard Point in Washington, D.C. It will be the home stadium for the D.C. United team of Major League Soccer, and will seat 20,000 people. Previously, D.C. United had explored sites in the Washington, D.C. area. Ever since an initial stadium proposal in 2006, D.C. United has had two additional stadium proposals that failed to be built.In January 2011, the possibility of unused land in Buzzard Point being the site of a stadium emerged. In July 2013, Buzzard Point was announced as the stadium location. The ground-breaking ceremony happened in February 2017, with a planned schedule to complete construction in June 2018.HistoryEarly proposalsD.C. United and Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber raised concerns about scheduling conflicts with the Washington Nationals at RFK Stadium in July 2004, with the latter stating that a soccer-specific stadium in Washington, D.C. "needs to become a priority". Later that year, D.C. United unveiled a proposal to build a 24,000-seat stadium at Poplar Point along the Anacostia River, to open in time for the 2007 season. The stadium's size was later increased to 27,000 and incorporated into a mixed-use development on the site to the revitalize the Anacostia neighborhood, with the support of Ward 8 councilmember Marion Barry after he initially opposed the stadium.