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Soccer Stadium Issue

  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute, press release, “Economists’ Statement on the Likely Impact of a Professional Soccer Stadium in the District of Columbia,” June 10, 2008
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute, “Sports Economists Say Large Public Subsidies for a DC Soccer Stadium ‘Cannot Be Justified’ on Economic Development Grounds,” June 10, 2008

Baseball issues

  • Peter J. Nickles, Acting Attorney General, and Washington Nationals Baseball Club, Settlement Agreement on payment of stadium rent, October 17, 2008
  • DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, ballpark design released, with watercolor renderings, March 14, 2006
  • Ralph Nader, open letter to Chief Financial Office Natwar Gandhi asking for opinion on whether the "spending cap" on baseball stadium spending has loopholes, February 15, 2006
  • Natwar Gandhi, press release, statement on stadium lease agreement, February 13, 2006
  • Mayor's Office, summary of Major League Baseball's concessions to the city, February 13, 2006
  • Mayor's Office, press release: Mayor Williams praises council baseball vote, February 8, 2006
  • Ralph Nader, statement on DC Council's baseball stadium giveaway, February 8, 2006
  • Better Deal 4 DC, press release: council cap on stadium costs is a sham, February 8, 2006
  • Mayor Anthony A. Williams, accusation of conflict of interest by Piper Rudnick and the firm's reply, February 7, 2006
  • Natwar Gandhi, memorandum to Council Chairman Linda Cropp on the “Ballpark Hard and Soft Costs Cap and Ballpark Lease Conditional Approval Emergency Act of 2006,” February 7, 2006
  • Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, comments to the city council regarding the design build and completion guarantee agreement and the Anacostia Waterront Commission Commitments, February 6, 2006
    • Mark Tuohey, DC Sports and Entertainment Commission reply to Piper Rudnick memorandum, February 6, 2006
  • Ballpark Hard and Soft Costs Cap and Ballpark Lease Conditional Approval Emergency Act of 2006, Bill 16-620
  • Ed Lazere, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, "New Stadium Proposal Raises Costs Substantially and Fails to Protect the District Fully from Cost Overruns," February 6, 2006
  • Councilmember Carol Schwartz, questions on proposed baseball stadium lease agreement, January 31, 2006
  • Dennis W. Archer, mediator, reply to Council Chairman Linda Cropp, January 27, 2006
  • Mark H. Tuohey, letter to Council Chairman Linda Cropp outlining the amended lease and the lease revisions, January 27, 2006
  • Mayor Anthony A. Williams, press release, “Mayor Sends Improved Baseball Lease to Council,” January 27, 2006
  • W. Jack Andrew, memorandum to members of the Sports Commission on decisions to be made on lease negotiations, January 27, 2006
  • South Capitol Ballpark Coalition, press release on publicity campaign for the ballpark agreement, January 25, 2006
  • BetterDeal4DC, Mary C. Williams, press release protesting Major League Baseball fundraiser for Councilmember Patterson, January 22, 2006
  • Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp, letter to Mayor Anthony Williams on the need to improve baseball stadium lease, January 20, 2006
  • Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp, letter to Mayor Anthony Williams on the need to improve baseball stadium lease, January 11, 2006
  • The One-Time Relocation of Licensees Displaced by the Ballpark Amendment Act of 2006, Bill 16-589, January 5, 2006
  • Councilmembers Vincent Gray, Marion Barry, and Kwame Brown, letter to Mayor Anthony Williams opposing the use of any funds dedicated to the Streetcar Initiative for infrastructure improvement for the baseball stadium, January 3, 2006
  • Mayor Anthony Williams, requesting delay of council vote on ballpark lease agreement, December 19, 2005
  • Mayor Anthony Williams, statement at rally encouraging councilmembers to vote for ballpark lease, December 19, 2005
  • Councilmember Kathy Patterson, E-mail to constituents on ballpark lease vote, December 19, 2005
  • Councilmember Carol Schwartz, current thoughts on baseball, December 19, 2005
  • City Council Committee on Economic Development, hearing on ballpark lease, December 13, 2005
  • Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi, cost estimates of building baseball stadium at southeast and RFK sites, December 12, 2005
  • DC Sports and Entertainment Commission and Baseball Expos, LP, draft lease agreement for baseball stadium, December 9, 2005
    • DC Sports and Entertainment Commission and Baseball Expos, LP, lease agreement attachments, including non-relocation agreement, December 9, 2005
    • Mayor Anthony A. Williams, statement on lease agreement, December 9, 2005
  • Robert A. DuPuy, President and Chief Operating Officer, Major League Baseball, letter to Mayor Anthony Williams and Council Chairman Linda Cropp, November 29, 2005
  • Ralph Nader, testimony to the city council on baseball stadium financing, November 28, 2005
  • Orange v. Cropp, Civil Action No. 05-008623, Complaint (Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief), October 31, 2005
    • Orange v. Cropp, Civil Action No. 05-008623, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, November 14, 2005
  • DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, construction manager of new Washington National ballpark, August 26, 2005
  • DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, request for proposals for a consultant to study the impact of signing the Project Labor Agreement, August 10, 2005
  • Ralph Nader, letter to Mayor Williams on baseball stadium, July 19, 2005
  • DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, resolution adopting the Project Labor Agreement for the Baseball Stadium, July 6, 2005
  • Gregory Irish, Department of Employment Services, memorandum on the Project Labor Agreement and the Baseball Stadium, June 30, 2005
  • Roderic L. Woodson, testimony to the Committee on Government Operations on the “Jobs for DC First Amendment Act of 2005,” Bill 16-345, June 24, 2005
  • Jane Brunner, Due Diligence Report to the Mayor on Project Labor Agreement and the Baseball Stadium, Draft, June 20, 2005
  • Project Labor Agreement for building ballpark stadium, negotiated by the Executive Office of the Mayor and forwarded to the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, June 16, 2005
  • Andy Litsky, Chairman, ANC 6D, testimony to Zoning Commission on ballpark site, June 2, 2005
  • David A. Catania, letter disputing Chief Financial Officer’s land cost estimate for ballpark, May 11, 2005
  • Natwar M. Gandhi, certifying two private financing plans for ballpark, April 5, 2005
  • Robert Siegel, Inc., verified complaint for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against the District of Columbia, for Chief Financial Officer’s cost re-estimation of ballpark, April 8, 2005
  • Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, cost re-estimation study for baseball stadium, March 30, 2005
  • Natwar M. Gandhi, evaluation of alternative financing plans for the baseball stadium: press release, evaluation presentation, summary table, evaluation report, March 15, 2005
  • Councilmember David A. Catania, request for DC Auditor to examine contracts with baseball consultants, February 2, 2005
  • Mayor Anthony A. Williams, press release on signing of ballpark financing bill, December 29, 2004
  • Councilmember Jim Graham, statement on passage of ballpark financing bill, December 22, 2004
  • Ballpark Omnibus Financing and Revenue Act of 2004, Bill 15-1028, Act 15-717, as passed on December 21, 2004
  • Councilmember Carol Schwartz, statements on passage of ballpark financing bill, December 21, 2004
  • Ralph Nader, open letter to Council Chair Linda Cropp commending her for position on ballpark financing, December 17, 2004
  • Bob DuPuy, President and Chief Operating Officer, Major League Baseball, press release: statement on DC Council vote, December 15, 2004
  • Chairman Linda Cropp, private financing amendment to the Ballpark Finance Bill, Bill 15-1028, as passed on December 12, 2004
  • Tom Ostertag, Washington Nationals, letter to Mark Tuohey responding to Chairman Cropp’s concerns, December 14, 2004
  • Councilmember Jim Graham, E-mail: why I voted against public financing of stadium, December 1, 2004
  • DC Baseball PAC, press release applauding council approval of ballpark financing bill, December 1, 2004
  • Councilmember Carol Schwartz, statement on ballpark financing bill, November 30, 2004
  • Ed Lazere, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, comment on the ballpark financing bill “community investment fund,” November 29, 2004 and in PDF format
  • Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp, notice of emergency legislation on ballpark, November 24, 2004
  • Ralph Nader, letter to city councilmembers on ballpark financing bill, November 23, 2004
  • Marvin Rotrand, Montreal City Councillor, letter to the Washington, DC, city council warning about Major League Baseball, November 22, 2004
  • Washington Nationals, press release, “Washington Nationals Selected as Name of DC Major League Baseball Team,” November 22, 2004
  • BW Realty Advisors, LLC, Public/Private Financing of Sports Facilities, Presentation to the Council of the District of Columbia, November 15, 2004
    • Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, letter comment on BW Realty Advisors’ proposal, November 18, 2004
  • Deborah Nichols, DC Auditor, Letter Report, Responses to Specific Questions Regarding the District’s Proposed Baseball Stadium, November 12, 2004, and in PDF format
  • Ballpark Omnibus Finance and Revenue Act of 2004, Bill 15-1028, substitute bill drafted but not offered by Council Chairman Linda Cropp, November 9, 2004
  • Ballpark Omnibus Financing and Revenue Act of 2004, Bill 15-1028, substitute bill drafted but not offered by Councilmembers Jack Evans and Harold Brazil, November 9, 2004
  • Mayor Anthony A. Williams, speech supporting South Capitol Avenue site for ballpark, November 8, 2004
  • No DC Taxes for Baseball, press release, November 8, 2004
  • Ed Lazere, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, Concerns with the proposed "Community Investment Fund," November 8, 2004
  • Anacostia Watershed Citizens Citizens Advisory Committee, Anacostia Watershed Society, letter to council supporting the “Green Stadium Amendment,” November 8, 2004
  • Scott Wallsten and Katrina Kosec, American Enterprise Institute, AEI-Brookings Joint Center, “The Billion-Dollar Pitch: An Analysis of the Ballpark Omnibus Financing and Revenue Act of 2004,” November 5, 2004
  • Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, letter opinion on the DC Ballpark TIF Area proposal, November 5, 2004
  • Council Chairman Linda Cropp, memorandum on baseball legislation proposing ballpark site at RFK stadium, November 5, 2004
  • Ballpark Omnibus Financing and Revenue Act of 2004, Committee Print, November 3, 2004, Bill 15-1028
    • Councilmember David A. Catania, amendments offered to the Ballpark Omnibus Financing and Revenue Act of 2004, November 3, 2004
  • DC City Council Committee on Finance and Revenue and Committee on Economic Development joint hearing on the “Ballpark Omnibus Financing and Revenue Act of 2004,” Bill 15-1028, October 28, 2004
  • Coates, Dennis and Brad R. Humphreys, “Caught Stealing: Debunking the Economic Case for D.C. Baseball,” Cato Institute Briefing Paper No. 89, October 27, 2004 press release; complete paper in PDF format
  • Ipsos, “No DC Taxes for Baseball Coalition Poll: New Poll Shows: D.C. Voters Oppose Public Funding, Strongly Oppose Giveaway, Reject Ballpark Tax on Business, Want D.C. Council to Make Major Modification of Contract, October 27, 2004
  • Wallsten, Scott, “Economic Analysis of the Baseball Agreement between the District of Columbia and the Expos,” AEI-Brookings Joint Center, October 27, 2004
  • Lazere, Ed, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, “The Mayor’s Proposed Stadium Deal: Many Financial Risks, Few Benefits for the District,” October 26, 2004; in PDF format
  • Office of the Mayor, PowerPoint presentation promoting public financing of baseball stadium, October 25, 2004
  • Dixon, Daynna, Empower DC, testimony on public financing of baseball stadium, October 25, 2004
  • Councilmember Jack Evans, E-mail to supporters of baseball stadium deal, October 21, 2004
  • DC Fiscal Policy Institute, Friends of the Earth, National Taxpayer Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action, letter from ninety economists to mayor and city council opposing fiscal rationale for baseball stadium, October 21, 2004
  • No DC Taxes for Baseball Coalition, press release, October 5, 2004
  • Government of the District of Columbia, Major League Baseball Briefing, September 30, 2004
  • Office of the Mayor, Summary of Benefits of MLB Team in Washington, DC, September 30, 2004
  • Ballpark Omnibus Financing and Revenue Act of 2004, and in PDF format
  • Baseball Stadium Agreement among the government of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission, and the Baseball Expos, LP, September 29, 2004, and in PDF format
  • Committee on Finance and Revenue public hearing on the “Ballpark Revenue Amendment Act of 2003,” Bill 15-270, June 12, 2003
  • Lazere, Ed, “Would a Publicly Financed Baseball Stadium Pay Off for DC? Economic Research Suggests the Answer Is 'No.'" Washington, DC: DC Fiscal Policy Institute, June 9, 2003
  • District of Columbia Council, Baseball Revenue Amendment Act of 2003, legislation introduced in Council period 15.
  • Economic Research Associates, Summary of the Fiscal and Economic Benefits of a MLB Team and New Stadium to the District of Columbia, May 7, 2003
  • HR 1450, introduced by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the “jock tax” bill, March 26, 2003
  • Major League Baseball Park Site Evaluation Project, March 1, 2002
    • Site Evaluation Project Public Meeting User Guide, June 18, 2002
    • Report on Park Site Evaluation Project, submitted by Brailsford & Dunlavey and others, text version, November 6, 2002
    • Major League Baseball Site Report, PDF version with illustrations on Sports Commission web site, November 6, 2003
  • Gessing, Paul J., “Baseball in the Nation’s Capital: Games with Tax Dollars,” National Taxpayers Union Brief 142, February 28, 2002
  • Memorandum of agreement with Washington Baseball Club, January 13, 2002
  • Keating, Raymond J., “Sports Pork: The Costly Relationship between Major League Sports and Government,” Cato Policy Analysis No. 339, April 5, 1999
  • Coates, Dennis, and Brad R. Humphreys, “The Stadium Gambit and Local Economic Development,” Regulation, Vol. 23, No. 2. 
  • Bast, Joseph L., “Sports Stadium Madness: Why It Started, How to Stop It,” The Heartland Institute, Policy Study No. 85, February 23, 1998. 
  • Noll, Roger G. and Andrew Zimbalist, “Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: Are New Stadiums Worth the Cost?” The Brookings Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, Summer 1997
  • Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority web site

The following is an official statement of the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission:

MISSION

The D.C. Sports & Entertainment Commission, an independent agency of the District of Columbia government, is responsible for the management and operation of RFK Stadium, the D.C. Armory and its adjacent facilities and for presenting and promoting sports, entertainment and special events in the District and the Washington Metropolitan Region.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John L. Richardson, Chair, Joseph B. Gildenhom, Vice Chair, Neil Albert, John Boardman, Maj. Gen. Warren L. Freeman, Dr. Natwar Gandhi, Cornelius Green, Linda Greenan, William Hall, Santhea Hicks, and William Lucy

CHAIRMAN

Mayor Williams appointed John L. Richardson chairman of the DCSEC on June 29, 1999. He has been practicing law in Washington since 1967 and is currently with the firm of Crispin & Brenner. Richardson attended the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia Law School. He was a commissioned officer in the United States Army in which he served from 1962 to 1964. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar and the American Bar Association. He and his wife Peggy reside in the District. He resigned on June 18, 2003.

  • Gregory O'Dell named as Chief Executive Officer, DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, June 14, 2007

 

VENUES

Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Stadium 2400 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, D.C.
D.C. Armory 2001 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, D.C.
  • DC Auditor, “District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission's Contracting, Procurement, and Spending Practices Characterized by Mismanagement, Noncompliance, and Inadequate Internal Controls,”, Report DCA0204, October 17, 2003 in PDF format on DC Auditor’s web site, October 17, 2003 in HTML format on DCWatch
  • DC Auditor, “District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission's Executive Leadership Failed to Implement an Effective Governance Structure to Ensure Sound Financial Management Decisions, Management Accountability, and Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations,” Report DCA0104, October 17, 2003 in PDF format on DC Auditor’s web site, October 17, 2003 in HTML format on DCWatch
  • Ralph Nader and League of Fans, statement on the resignation of Bobby Goldwater, October 6, 2003
  • Councilmember Harold Brazil, memorandum suggesting dividing the Sports and Entertainment Commission into two separate entities, October 3, 2003
  • Bobby Goldwater, president and executive director, resigns, October 3, 2003
  • Mayor Tony Williams appoints Lloyd Jordan and Mark Tuohey to the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, September 17, 2003
  • Ralph Nader and Shawn McCarthy, League of Fans, letter to Mayor Anthony A Williams on the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, August 21, 2003
  • Robert D. Goldwater, reply to Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s audit of Sports Commission, June 24, 2003
  • John L. Richardson, letter of resignation, June 18, 2003
  • DC Office of Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, “Baseball in D.C.: The National Pastime. The Nation’s Capital,” June 2003
  • Councilmember Harold Brazil statement supporting Bobby Goldwater, May 29, 2003
  • Mayor Appoints Blue Ribbon Panel on Sports Commission, May 16, 2003
    • Councilmember Harold Brazil, Proposed issues to be considered by the Blue Ribbon Panel on the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, undated, probably July 2003
  • Five Councilmembers urge Mayor not to renew contract of Bobby Goldwater, DC Sports and Entertainment Commission President and Executive Director, May 16, 2003
  • Baseball Revenue Amendment Act of 2003, Bill 15-270
  • Biography of Robert D. Goldwater, President and Executive Director, DC Sports and Entertainment Division
  • National Grand Prix of Washington, DC
DC Sports and Entertainment Commission web site
 

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