Plan for Washington Baseball Stadium Wins Approval
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The District of Columbia's City Council narrowly approved today a modified plan to build a 41,000-seat baseball stadium for the Nationals, the former Montreal Expos.
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District officials disclosed plans Tuesday to build a publicly financed stadium costing more that $400 million, and it appears the owners&#39; relocation committee might recommend the Montreal Expos relocate to Washington DC, according to the Washington Post.
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Major League Baseball is set to announce on Wednesday that the Montreal Expos will relocate to Washington next year, local media reported, citing city and baseball officials.
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Washington, D.C.'s City Council on  Tuesday approved a debt and tax-backed financing plan to build  a new stadium for Major League Baseball, moving a step closer  to bringing baseball back to the U.S. capital.
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A deeply divided DC City Council today voted initial approval of a bill to publicly finance a new baseball stadium - but without a majority of the council&#39;s support.
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The Washington, DC, City Council approved funds for a Major League Baseball stadium late Tuesday, but substantially altered the plan by requiring the mayor to find private financing for half the construction costs.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Just two weeks after the Washington Nationals shut down business and promotional operations over a ballpark financing dispute, mayor Anthony A. Williams signed a funding bill Tuesday that officially brings major league
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WASHINGTON -- Local businesses won&#39;t be alone in helping to pay for DC&#39;s new baseball stadium. The Washington Post reported a utilities tax paid by the federal government will contribute about $6 million per year to cover the stadium bonds.
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Baseball owners took another step toward moving the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, giving conditional approval Friday but hinging their decision on the September agreement that did not cap the cost of a new stadium.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has proposed using public funds to build a professional soccer stadium in Southeast Washington that would cost as much as $190 million, a drastic departure from his stance against public financing of the Nationals baseball stadium.
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The president of the re-named Washington Nationals, Tony Tavares, told WTOP Radio the vote was overwhelming. Tavares said the deal to move the Expos remains contingent on the DC Council giving final approval to a stadium plan.
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Major League Baseball on Wednesday rejected as &quot;wholly unacceptable&quot; a stadium financing plan approved the day before by the Washington City Council, throwing into grave
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DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams Signs Legislation to Bring Major League Baseball Back to Nation&#39;s Capital. Washington, DC Mayor Anthony Williams, is all smiles after signing into law a financing package for a
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City Council members tentatively approved a deal Tuesday night with the Dallas Cowboys to build a &#36;650 million football stadium in Arlington and to place the project in voters' hands.
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WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia Council approved an amended financing plan for a ballpark for the Expos, adding provisions that major league baseball is likely to reject and could jeopardize the proposed move of the franchise.
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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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The chair of the District of Columbia Council proposed Friday that a new ballpark be built next to RFK Stadium instead of a site south of the U.S. Capitol, a plan that could cause Major League Baseball to drop the scheduled move of the Montreal Expos to Washington.