D.C. United Stadium

Audi Field

Concept art of the stadium
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°52′6″N 77°0′44″W / 38.86833°N 77.01222°W / 38.86833; -77.01222Coordinates: 38°52′6″N 77°0′44″W / 38.86833°N 77.01222°W / 38.86833; -77.01222
Public transit	Washington Metro at Navy Yard–Ballpark
Owner	District of Columbia
Operator	D.C. United
Capacity	20,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	February 27, 2017
Opened	July 14, 2018 (estimated)
Construction cost	$180 million – $195 million
Architect	Populous Marshall Moya Design
General contractor	Turner Construction Company
Tenants
D.C. United (MLS) (2018–present)

Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium under construction in Buzzard Point in Washington, D.C. It will be the home stadium for the D.C. United team of Major League Soccer, and will seat 20,000 people. Previously, D.C. United had explored sites in the Washington metropolitan area. Following the failure of an initial stadium proposal in 2006, D.C. United made two additional stadium proposals that also failed to be built.

In January 2011, the club explored using previously-unused land at Buzzard Point to build a stadium; this was confirmed in July 2013, when Buzzard Point was officially announced as the stadium location. The ground-breaking ceremony happened in February 2017, with a planned schedule to complete construction in June 2018.

D.C. United and Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber raised concerns about scheduling conflicts with the Washington Nationals at RFK Stadium in July 2004, with the latter stating that a soccer-specific stadium in Washington, D.C. "needs to become a priority". Later that year, D.C. United unveiled a proposal to build a 24,000-seat stadium at Poplar Point along the Anacostia River, to open in time for the 2007 season. The stadium's size was later increased to 27,000 and incorporated into a mixed-use development on the site to the revitalize the Anacostia neighborhood, with the support of Ward 8 councilmember Marion Barry after he initially opposed the stadium.

The stadium project was neglected by the city's leadership during the debate over a baseball stadium in Navy Yard. After a change of ownership for D.C. United in January 2007, the $200 million stadium project was moved into public review, where it drew criticism over its public financing, gentrification, and displacement of residents. By mid-July, the Poplar Point plan was abandoned and D.C. United began looking at other locations for the stadium.