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Article: Soccer Stadium by 2009? City and D.C. United Differ; Team Keeps Hope Despite Hurdles in Area's Redevelopment
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- The Washington Post
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- December 22, 2006
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D.C. United officials remain hopeful that a 27,000-seat soccer
stadium can be built at Poplar Point along the Anacostia River by
2009, but District officials say significant challenges remain that
could delay the project.
Although city planners have not ruled out opening a stadium in
2009, they said the project is behind schedule because of
complications related to the transfer of 100 acres of federal land -
- which includes the stadium site -- to the city.
Once the District gets title to the land, it must pay to clear
the site of contamination and to relocate National Park Service
facilities, officials said.
Even then, the Anacostia Waterfront Corp., which has been
designated by the ...