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Council approves D.C. United stadium </h1> <div class="field-subtitle"> 20,000-25,000-seat venue at Buzzard Point targeted for opening in 2017 </div> <div class="article-info"> <div class="field-date"> December 17, 2014 </div> <div class="field-author"> </div> <div class="field-articlemedia"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="node-69098" class="node"> <div class="content clear-block"> <div class="share_bar"> <script type="text/javascript"> var userAction = new gigya.socialize.UserAction(); var image = {type: 'image', src: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705/http://www.dcunited.com/sites/dc/files/imagecache/620x350/image_nodes/2014/12/Coming Soon_620x350.jpg', href: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/12/dc-council-approves-dc-united-stadium'}; userAction.addMediaItem(image); userAction.addActionLink('More', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/12/dc-council-approves-dc-united-stadium'); userAction.setDescription('20,000-25,000-seat venue at Buzzard Point targeted for opening in 2017'); userAction.setLinkBack('https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/12/dc-council-approves-dc-united-stadium'); userAction.setTitle('D.C. Council approves D.C. United stadium '); function OnShareButtonClickedHandler(eventObj) { if (eventObj.shareItem.provider == 'comments') { window.location.hash=''; window.location.hash='commentsDiv'; } }; var showShareBarUI_params = { containerID: 'sharebarDiv', layout:'horizontal', shareButtons: [{provider: 'facebook-like', tooltip: 'Like this on Facebook', action: 'like', font: 'arial'},{provider: 'twitter-tweet', defaultText: 'D.C. Council approves D.C. United stadium #MLS', tooltip: 'Share on twitter', related:'mls'},{provider: 'google-plusone', tooltip: '+1 on Google+'},{provider: 'Reddit', iconOnly:'false', tooltip: 'Share this on Reddit'},{provider: 'email', iconOnly:'false', tooltip: 'Email this'},{provider: 'comments', categoryID: 'article', iconOnly:'false', streamID: '69098', tooltip: 'View comments'}], showCounts: 'top', userAction: userAction, onShareButtonClicked: OnShareButtonClickedHandler }; </script> <div id="sharebarDiv"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> gigya.socialize.showShareBarUI(showShareBarUI_params); </script> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-article-primary-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div id="node-69099" class="node"> <h2><a href="/web/20150215235705/http://www.dcunited.com/image/coming-soon-620x350" title="coming soon - 620x350">coming soon - 620x350</a></h2> <div class="content clear-block"> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-src"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705im_/http://www.dcunited.com/sites/dc/files/imagecache/620x350/image_nodes/2014/12/Coming%20Soon_620x350.jpg" alt="" title="" width="620" height="350" class="imagecache imagecache-620x350 imagecache-default imagecache-620x350_default"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear-block"> <div class="meta"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>The D.C. Council has approved the District of Columbia Soccer Stadium Act of 2014 in its second and final vote, approving the development of the new 20,000-25,000-seat stadium for D.C. United in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Southwest Washington. The legislation’s passage targets the opening of the stadium in 2017 and ensures that D.C. United will make the District of Columbia its home for generations to come.</p> <ul> <li> RELATED: WATCH - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705/http://bit.ly/1vZg5lQ"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Years in the making, DCU has a new home</span></a></li> </ul> <p>“We are grateful that D.C. United’s future in our nation’s capital is secure,” said D.C. United <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705/http://bit.ly/1sFgWgW"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Managing General Partner Jason Levien</span></a>. “This is a historic victory for the team and its fans, the city, the region and the sport of soccer in this country. I am deeply appreciative of the efforts of many city leaders, including Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Mayor-Elect Muriel Bowser, City Administrator Allen Y. Lew and the D.C. Council.”</p> <p>The approval of the new stadium bill is the culmination of more than a decade of efforts, including most recently two-and-a-half years of work by D.C. United and District of Columbia leadership. Moments after announcing its investment in the team in <span style="color:#000000;">July 2012</span>, the team’s ownership first met with the Mayor about securing a new stadium. In<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/07/here-to-stay"><span style="color:#ff0000;"> July 2013</span></a>, they announced a signed term sheet, and an agreement was transmitted to the D.C. Council in May 2014. The stadium bill received unanimous approval by four D.C. Council committees and in its first reading by the full Council on Dec. 2.</p> <ul> <li> RELATED: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215235705/http://bit.ly/1yW34vj"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Ticket Priority List for Buzzard Point</span></a></li> </ul> <p>The Buzzard Point stadium will provide a major boost for economic development in the District. D.C. United soon announce the completion of a Community Benefits Agreement that will serve as the foundation for a lasting relationship between the team and the immediate community in which the stadium will be built.</p> <p><strong>About D.C. United </strong><br/> D.C. United is the most successful professional soccer organization in the history of the United States. 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