Deal Is Struck on Financing for Washington Stadium
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City leaders and baseball officials agreed to alterations in the agreement made with Major League Baseball in September.
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Private investors have until Jan. 17 to submit proposals to assist financing Washington's new ballpark under a process started Thursday by city's chief financial officer.
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Washington DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams signed legislation into law today that will provide funding for a new stadium and to guartantee the return of Major League Baseball to our nation&#39;s capital for the first time since 1971.
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The Washington, D.C., City Council  will debate stadium funding again on Tuesday after the mayor,  the council chair and Major League Baseball officials reached  agreement on a new financing strategy.
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District of Columbia Council Chairman Linda Cropp, left, and Washington Mayor Tony Williams announce a baseball stadium financing agreement they say is acceptable to Major League Baseball during a news conference in Washington, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004.
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The Nationals may get between $4 million and $10 million for the naming rights to their new stadium, which would be one of the most lucrative in baseball.
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If the Washington Nationals never win a pennant, they have no reason to ever doubt that DC loves them. Yesterday, the District City Council tentatively approved a tab for a publicly financed ballpark that could amount to as much as $630 million.
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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 District of Columbia Council approved financing a ballpark for the Washington Nationals after voting Tuesday to cap funding at $630 million.
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The city of Washington could still land the Montreal Expos if it plays its cards right. EmpirePoker.com says it wants to ante up the $150 million in private funds the DC City Council is seeking for a Major League Baseball stadium.
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District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams and Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp reached agreement last night on a stadium financing package that they said will satisfy Major League Baseball by guaranteeing construction of a permanent home for the Washington Nationals along the Anacostia waterfront.
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MLB owners have voted 29-1 to approve the proposed move of the Montreal Expos to Washington for the 2005 season. The decision is still subject to the District of Columbia government enacting funding for a new stadium.
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Bob Peck of the Washington Board of Trade says he&#39;s &quot;more optimistic&quot; that a financing deal for a new stadium can be reached before Major League Baseball&#39;s deadline of December 31st.
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Washington, DC, City Council committees will consider a revised stadium funding package on Wednesday that includes a $450 million community investment fund financed with bonds, according to the mayor&#39;s staff.
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Maybe the idea of financing a new stadium here for the relocated Montreal Expos seemed easy last month when the city received the news that Major League Baseball would send the team to the nation&#39;s capital.
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Baseball's plan to move the Expos to Washington might come apart after the District of Columbia Council voted last night to require private financing for at least half the cost of a new ballpark.
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony  Williams on Wednesday signed a nearly $1 billion stadium  funding package, clearing the way for the city to begin work on  a ballpark for a Major League Baseball team.