For months the Washington Commanders have been teasing out what the team’s new, 65,000-seat stadium in D.C. will look like, and now the city is fleshing out the details on the housing, hotels, retail, parks and parking that are expected to fill the area around it.
On Tuesday morning, the D.C. Office of Planning released a draft 89-page master plan for the 180-acre site on the east end of Capitol Hill, providing renderings, design guidelines and more firm numbers on what will be built around the new $3.7 billion stadium — and where exactly it will go.
“We’ve been talking a lot about some really inspirational designs for the stadium that the Commanders and their designers have put forward,” said Anita Cozart, the director of the Office of Planning. “This master plan lays the groundwork for the entire area that will be able to welcome thousands of not only visitors but people living in and around this area.”