24 Facts About RFK Stadium

Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, DC It is located about two miles due east of the US Capitol building, near the west bank of the Anacostia River and next to the DC Armory.

RFK Stadium was home to a National Football League team, two Major League Baseball teams, five professional soccer teams, two college football teams, a bowl game, and a USFL team.

RFK Stadium pushed for a report, completed in 1956 by the National Capital Planning Commission entitled "Preliminary Report on Sites for National Memorial Stadium", which identified the "East Capitol Site" to be used for the stadium.

In September 1957, "The District of Columbia RFK Stadium Act" was introduced and authorized a 50,000-seat stadium to be used by the Senators and Redskins at the Armory site.

In 1961 and 1962, DC RFK Stadium hosted the annual city title game, matching the DC public school champion and the winner of the area's premier Catholic league, played before capacity crowds on Thanksgiving Day.

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Subsequent efforts to bring baseball back to RFK Stadium, including an attempt to attract the San Diego Padres in 1973, and a plan to have the nearby Baltimore Orioles play eleven home games there in 1976, all failed.

Much of the 1970s and 1980s, RFK Stadium was primarily known as the home of the Redskins, where they played during their three Super Bowl championship seasons.

In 2008, RFK Stadium was primarily the host of DC United, though it hosted a college football bowl game, the Military Bowl, from 2008 to 2012, before it moved in 2013 to in Annapolis, Maryland.

RFK Stadium was home to the Washington Redskins for 36 seasons, from 1961 through 1996.

At the time, RFK Stadium was the longest-used stadium in MLS and the only one left from the league's debut season.

RFK Stadium hit the Senators' final RFK homer, in the sixth inning on September 30,1971.

From 1993 to 1999 Howard played at least one game a year at RFK Stadium including the Greater Washington Urban League Classic, at one point called the Hampton-Howard Classic, against Hampton from 1994 to 1999.

Three seasons, RFK Stadium was home to the Women's United Soccer Association team, the Washington Freedom.

RFK Stadium moved them to Boca Raton, Florida for the team's last season.

In 1967, DC RFK Stadium became the home of its first professional soccer team, the Washington Whips.

RFK Stadium served as the venue for the inaugural match of the United Soccer Association, a May 26,1967, match between the Whips and the Cleveland Stokers, won by the Stokers.

RFK Stadium's design was circular, attempting to facilitate both football and baseball.

The agency said that RFK Stadium has generated $4 million to $5 million a year in revenues since 1997, which did not cover operating expenses.

RFK Stadium was the home of two professional football teams, two college football teams, a bowl game and more than one college all-star game.

RFK Stadium has occasionally hosted high school football games, but never has done so regularly.

The last touchdown scored at RFK Stadium was on a pass from Collegiate's Dyson Smith to Taron Riddick.

RFK Stadium hosted at least two college soccer games, once when Maryland moved their game there due to wet field conditions at Ludwig Field and again for a scheduled game following their national championship season.

Several prominent members of the national team have scored at RFK Stadium, including Brian McBride, Cobi Jones, Eric Wynalda, Joe-Max Moore, Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, and Landon Donovan.

RFK Stadium was featured in the climax of the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past.