Article: Local Group Pays $26 Million for United

Article: Green Alliance Takes a Stand at Poplar Point
The Washington Post;  June 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... a soccer stadium for D.C. United at Poplar Point will move today beyond the rhetorical ... not in the time frame D.C. United has been talking about. Those ... environmentalists, who want Poplar Point to remain entirely parkland ...

Article: The Promise of Poplar Point; As D.C. Mayor, ...
The Washington Post;  April 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... scruffy and desolate tract known as Poplar Point where few visitors venture will be transformed ... as he promised during his campaign. Poplar Point represents the best prospect to spread ... baseball stadium site across the river from Poplar Point -- as the government turns its ...

Article: Poplar Point Prospects Prompt Dialogue; Soccer ...
The Washington Post;  January 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... several proposals last month to turn Poplar Point, a 110-acre swath of parkland along ... just one of a number of issues about Poplar Point's future that have energized the discussion ... see how people feel." The future of Poplar Point has been on the minds of Ward 8 residents ...

Article: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO SEEK COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR POPLAR ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 23, 2007 ;     564 words ... ... will seek competitive bids to redevelop Poplar Point, a 110-acre site on the southern bank of the Anacostia River in Ward 8. "Poplar Point is one of the District's most valuable ... by freeways and institutional uses, Poplar Point is being transferred to the District ...

Article: Poplar Point Plans Draw Residents' Ire
The Washington Post;  January 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... across the river from Poplar Point. In that case, Williams ... Government and D.C. United officials have tried to approach the Poplar Point development in a more engaged ... baseball stadium owners, United's new ownership group ...

Article: D.C. Mayor Picks Poplar Point Developer, Discusses ...
The Bond Buyer;  February 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... billion, 110-acre Poplar Point project, which ... for a new D.C. United professional soccer ... talks with D.C. United's owner, real ... team's stadium at Poplar Point and develop the ... officials to move the Poplar Point project forward and to bring a D.C. United ...

Article: To See the Truth at Poplar Point, Don't Just Follow ...
The Washington Post;  May 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... spectacular river views. And Poplar Point could become what was ... owner of the D.C. United soccer team, he supported ... crowded." The current United owner, Victor MacFarlane ... put a soccer stadium at Poplar Point and pay for it by building ...