D.C. Stadium

About D.C. Stadium

D.C. Stadium is a former name of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, used 1961–1968. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium was a College Football, MLB and NFL stadium in Washington, District of Columbia. It opened in 1961 and closed in 2024. It was designed by George Dahl. Its last recorded capacity was 43,500. Tenants included George Washington (College Football, 1961–1966), Washington Redskins (NFL, 1961–1996), Washington Senators (MLB, 1962–1971) and Washington Nationals (MLB, 2005–2007). In all, 4 teams from 3 leagues have called it home. On our ranked lists it ranks 19th for most name changes among 125 venues with 3 or more names, 9th for most tenants among 67 venues with 3 or more teams and 210th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years. It has also been known as District of Columbia Stadium (1961–1968) and RFK Memorial Stadium (1969–2019).

Appears in

• 19th for most name changes among 125 venues with 3 or more names
• 9th for most tenants among 67 venues with 3 or more teams
• 210th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
• 8th for most name changes among 71 football stadiums with 3 or more names
• 105th shortest-lived of 142 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 5th for most name changes among 25 NFL stadiums with 3 or more names
• 43rd shortest-lived of 55 NFL stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 14th longest single tenancy (35 years) of the 101 longest on record in NFL stadiums
• 5th for most name changes among 57 College Football stadiums with 3 or more names
• 80th shortest-lived of 110 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 5th for most name changes among 20 MLB stadiums with 3 or more names
• 76th shortest-lived of 83 MLB stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 80th longest single tenancy (9 years) of the 100 longest on record in MLB stadiums

Venue Information

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

The site today

• The site is being redeveloped for a new Washington Commanders stadium.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

• Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
• OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
• OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
• VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
• Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point), Architect and operator.
• Wikimedia Commons (CC0): Photograph.