Parks to encircle Washington Commanders RFK Stadium site home

Image: D.C. Office of Planning

The District’s Office of Planning recently unveiled a draft master plan for the 180-acre area surrounding the future stadium of the National Football League (NFL) team Washington Commanders at the former RFK Stadium site in Washington, D.C. (US).

The entire development will have a huge amount of park space encircling it.
 

Development Framework

‘wtop news’ stated that the long-term development framework outlines plan for 5,500 to 6,500 housing units of housing with at least 30 percent designated as affordable housing. It also includes the commercial development, the parks and the recreational space across the 180-acre site that would be organized into six districts.

The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington Metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a Member of the National Football Conference (NFC) East Division.

The 64,000-seat Northwest Stadium is a multipurpose stadium in Landover, Maryland, United States, located within the Census-designated place of Summerfield 2.5 miles (four km) East of Washington, D.C. (US). It is the home venue of the National Football League (NFL) team Washington Commanders.

Image: D.C. Office of Planning

The now-demolished 56,692-seat Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as the RFK Stadium and originally known as the District of Columbia Stadium, was a multipurpose stadium in Washington, D.C. (US).

The Washington Commanders plan to build a new $3.7 billion stadium and mixed-use complex on the former RFK Stadium site in Washington, D.C., (US) targeting an opening in 2030.
 

Opportunities Galore

Asserted Anita Cozart, D.C. Office of Planning Director, “We think that we’ve done a good job creating a kind of a balance for all the kinds of uses that people expect for a place like this that’s got a lot of transit options, that’s got a lot of options for biking and pedestrian and opportunities as well.”
 

Outreach Efforts

‘wtop news’ further stated that the agency drafted the RFK campus master plan using feedback gathered from the community meetings and the other outreach efforts. The officials are now seeking additional public comments which can be submitted online or at the RFK community events through August 14^th.

Image: D.C. Office of Planning

Commented Cozart, “We want to hear, ‘What are the things that we got right and what are some of the things that need a little bit more revision?’”
 

‘Crystal Clear’

If adopted by the D.C. Council the master plan would pave the way for new zoning regulations at the site. Cozart said those rules would make the District Government’s and the residents’ expectations for future development “crystal clear”.

Added Cozart, “It talks about kind of the intensity of use, how many housing units we expect in these different parts of the site. How many of those we want to be affordable. How much of the space should be reserved for the parks and the open space.”
 

Draft Plan

Much of the draft plan will look familiar to the residents and the others who have already participated in the planning process, Cozart said.

The new elements include a series of renderings released along with the draft plan.
 

Representative Visuals

Continued Cozart, “We worked very hard to create visuals that are both aspirational and also representative of what we’ve heard from the thousands of people that we’ve engaged at 30-plus events to prepare this master plan.”

The renderings include aerial views of the stadium, a public plaza and recreational fields, plus street-level views of a riverfront district with access to the Anacostia River and the Kingman and Heritage islands (artificial islands located in the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.).
 

Parks’ Network

The plan includes what Cozart described as a “significant amount of park space” including new access to the Anacostia waterfront and a network of parks throughout the development.

After the public comment period closes the D.C. Office of Planning plans to revise the draft and send it to the D.C. Council this fall. The agency hopes the plan is adopted by the end of the year allowing work on the zoning changes to begin.

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