Notebook: Council OKs DC stadium funding
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WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia Council voted 7-6 yesterday to approve legislation that clears the way for the Montreal Expos to move to Washington next season and be renamed the Nationals.
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The City Council narrowly approved a taxpayer-financed plan late Tuesday night to build a new riverfront baseball stadium. But it was not clear whether the amended measure
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said today that no deal has been struck to use public funds to build a professional soccer stadium in Southeast Washington. He also said his talks with D.C. United about a partnership do not represent a drastic departure from his stance against public financing of the Nationals...
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - The District of Columbia Council approved legislation to finance construction of a new ballpark for the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, but the team might have to come up with some money to build it.
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DC United will retain its lucrative base of sideline seats at RFK Stadium despite the arrival of baseball at the 43-year-old stadium, according to plans being developed by the DC Sports &amp; Entertainment Commission.
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The Washington, D.C., City Council  on Tuesday removed a deal-breaking provision of a stadium  financing package and passed the $1 billion project, clearing  the way for baseball's return to the U.S. capital.
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Residents packed the District of Columbia Council chambers Thursday to praise or pan the mayor&#39;s $440 million proposal to refurbish RFK Stadium and build a new ballpark for the Montreal Expos.
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Washington, DC, City Council is due to debate stadium funding again today in an attempt to keep Major League Baseballâs return to the city from being stillborn.
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The D.C. Council continued to debate late Tuesday night over legislation that would clear the way to build a new baseball stadium for the Nationals in Southeast.
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Major League Baseball is poised to cancel the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington after the District of Columbia Council Tuesday night amended the agreement for a riverfront stadium by requiring 50 percent private financing.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams took the final step in bringing baseball back to the District of Columbia on Wednesday, signing a long-awaited funding bill for building of a new stadium.
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Dousing a flicker of hope that Las Vegas could land the Montreal Expos baseball team, the Washington, DC council on Tuesday finalized a last-minute deal to bring the franchise to the nation&#39;s capital.
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Baseball&#39;s plan to move the Expos to Washington might come apart after the District of Columbia Council voted Tuesday night to require private financing for at least half the cost of a new ballpark.
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D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said he will try to build public support for a $440 million, city-financed baseball stadium project.
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City Council members tentatively approved a deal Tuesday night with the Dallas Cowboys to build a $650 million football stadium in Arlington and to place the project in voters&#39; hands.
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With the deal to bring the Montreal Expos to Washington on the brink of collapse, the head of the District of Columbia Council put the stadium financing legislation on the agenda for Tuesday&#39;s meeting.
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Chairman Linda W. Cropp adds baseball to the agenda to Tuesday's D.C. Council meeting, clearing the way for a possible reconsideration of the private funding legislation.