RFK Stadium and DC Armory: Calendar of Events February 2013

EVENTS DC

RFK Stadium and DC Armory

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

February 2013

02/01/2013 – 02/01/2013
AVICII Presented by Live Nation and Glow

7,500
DC Armory
Hours: 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM

A public/ticketed DJ concert open to attendees 18+ ONLY.

02/02/2013 – 02/02/2013
DC Rollergirls
1,500 – 2,000
DC Armory
The DC Rollergirls are the National Capital Region’s only women’s flat-track roller derby league.

BOUT 1 @ 4:00 PM: Majority Whips vs. DC DemonCats
BOUT 2 @ 5:45 PM: Cherry Blossom Bombshells vs. Scare Force One
Doors open at 3:00 p.m. and the action begins at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults; $6 for kids ages 6-11 and free for kids 5 and under. Tickets are available at the door or for advance purchase online

02/09/2013 – 02/13/2013

Hargrove Truck Marshaling 2013
N/A
Lot 8

Hours: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Truck marshaling for the 2013 International Auto Show.

02/14/2013 – 02/18/2013

NACA’s Save the Dream Tour

1,500

DC Armory – Drill Floor

Hours: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (“NACA”) brings its NACA Save the American Dream Tour; program to help existing home owners modify a loan or find a loan for new home buyers. For more information, visit http://www.naca.com.

02/22/2013 – 02/22/2013
ESPN Friday Night Lights – Lamont Peterson vs. Kendall Holt
9,000
DC Armory
Doors open at 5:00 PM

D.C. native Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) defends his Junior Welterweight title against former titleholder Kendall Holt of Paterson, N.J. (28-5, 16 KOs) on “ESPN Friday Night Fights” at the DC Armory on Feb. 22.

Tickets are priced at $250, $150, $75, $50 and $25 (not including applicable service fees) and available at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com.

AT&T NATION’S FOOTBALL CLASSIC: Morehouse College versus Howard University

RFK STADIUM BOX OFFICE OPEN AUGUST 27- SEPTEMBER 1 FOR AT&T NATION’S FOOTBALL CLASSIC(tm)

Tickets available for purchase and pick-up; Vouchers can be redeemed

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Events DC<http://www.eventsdc .com> announced today that the RFK Stadium Box Office will be open for ticket purchases, will call pick-up and voucher redemption August 27- September 1 for the 2012 AT&T Nation’s Football Classic(tm)<http://www.nationsf ootballclassic. com/>. This year’s football game, featuring Morehouse College versus Howard University, is Saturday, September 1 at 3:30 p.m. at RFK Stadium.
Box office windows are located at the Main Gate. Individuals who wish to purchase tickets, have purchased tickets in advance or wish to redeem vouchers may retrieve their tickets during box office hours.
Tickets for the second annual AT&T Nation’s Football Classic(tm) are also on sale at all Ticketmaster locations, Ticketmaster. com, the Howard University box office located at Cramton Auditorium and the Morehouse College Bookstore. Seats are priced from $25 to $50. For group sales and tickets in the Champions Club Super Suite, please contact (202) 608-1135 or boxoffice@eventsdc. com<mailto:boxoffice@eventsdc. com>.
Promotional hotel room rates are available at six D.C.-area Marriott properties. For additional information on tickets, the official schedule of events and to make hotel reservations, please visit http://www.NationsFootball Classic.com<http://www.nationsf ootballclassic. com>.
RFK Stadium is easily accessible by Metrorail on the Blue and Orange lines (Stadium-Armory station) and numerous Metrobus lines. On game day, RFK Stadium parking lots open at 9 a.m., gates open at 2 p.m. and the Pepsi(r) Fan Festival<http://www.nationsf ootballclassic. com/>, featuring music, games, food and exhibit booths, is free and open to the public from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in Lot 5.

RFK Stadium Box Office Hours – Main Gate
Monday, August 27 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tuesday, August 28 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wednesday, August 29 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday, August 30 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday, August 31 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday, September 1 9 a.m. – end of halftime

RFK Stadium – Game Day

RFK Stadium box office open 9 a.m. – end of halftime

RFK Stadium parking lots open 9 a.m.

Pepsi(r) Fan Festival open – Lot 5 11 a.m – 3 p.m.

RFK Stadium gates open 2 p.m.

AT&T Nation’s Football Classic kickoff 3:30 p.m.

Contacts: Teri Washington, Events DC: (202) 494-5737

Courtney Eiland, Events DC: (202) 608-1140

Lisa Milner / Luis Maya, Swanson Communications: (202) 783-5500

Website: http://www.NationsFootball Classic.com<http://www.NationsF ootballClassic. com>
NFC Twitter: http://www.Twitter. com/@nationsclas sic<http://www.Twitter. com/@nationsclas sic>

NFC Facebook: http://www.Facebook. com/NationsFootb allClassic<http://www.Facebook .com/NationsFoot ballClassic>

Howard University: http://www.Howard.edu<;http://www.Howard. edu>

Morehouse College: http://www.Morehouse. edu<http://www.Morehous e.edu>

About the AT&T Nation’s Football Classic(tm)

The AT&T Nation’s Football Classic(tm) is a black college football game held annually at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. This year, the game features Howard University against Morehouse College. Organized by Events DC, the AT&T Nation’s Football Classic(tm) was created to celebrate the passion and tradition of the college football experience, recognize the history of service to others by the students, faculty and alumni of historically black colleges and universities, highlight the unity of African American culture, and honor the heritage and excellence of these proud institutions. Tickets for the AT&T Nation’s Football Classic(tm) are on sale now at Ticketmaster. com, the Howard University Box Office at Cramton Auditorium and the Morehouse College Bookstore. Seats are priced at $25, $40, $50 and $60.

Shamrock Fest 2012

The 12th annual edition of the popular St. Paddy’s tradition is this Saturday on the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds from 1-9 p.m. Over 50 bands, DJs and entertainers make up one of the best party lineups in festival history.

Headlined by Dropkick Murphys and Gavin DeGraw, this year’s ‘Fest promises to be something special. In addition to the live performances, the ‘Fest includes a carnival-style amusement area, huge tented activity area, food and craft vendors and an NCAA college hoops viewing tent. There is something for everyone! Get your tickets today at www.shamrockfest.com.

Parking maybe an issue this year.  Also the Shamrock Fest tents are closer to the Kingman Park Community this year.

Please call 311 if parking or the music volume becomes a problem.

Thanks,

Lisa White ANC Commissioner SMD 7D01 Kingman Park

Suntrust Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Information

Rock ‘n’Roll USA RoadClosures

Please save the date for the SunTrust Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Marathon & CareFirst Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Half Marathon on Saturday, March 17. 

The race will start near RFK Stadium at C and 19^th Streets NE and complete a tour of many of our Capital’s most majestic sights before returning to finish on East Capitol Street at Armory Mall. Visit our website to view the course map, download road closure times, and explore the course with our interactive road closure map.  More information on access lanes, alternate routes and no parking zones will be available in the coming weeks.

If you are affiliated with a community group or business near the course, please share this information with your neighbors and/or employees.

You’re invited to get involved with this exciting event!  Spectators are encouraged to line the route to cheer thousands of runners and walkers towards the finish line. Volunteer opportunities are available at the pre-race Expo, Thursday-Friday, March 15-16 at the DC Armory, and on race day, Saturday, March 17, along the course and in the start and finish line areas.  Please sign up online.

Thank you,

Community Relations Department
SunTrust Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Marathon & CareFirst Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Half Marathon
Saturday, March 17, 2012
http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/usa/road-closures

Invitation Letter to Mayor Gray on Reservation 13

Hello Everyone,

Below is a letter that was sent to Mayor Vince Gray about Reservation 13.        I signed this letter with other ANC Commissioners to get the plan and perspective for Reservation 13 from Mayor Gray. Once the Mayor respond to this letter, I will post an update.

If anyone have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Best,

Lisa White

 

December 20, 2011

The Honorable Vincent C. Gray
Mayor
District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 316
Washington, DC 20004

Dear Mayor Gray,

As ANC commissioners representing Single Member Districts adjacent to or near Reservation 13, we invite you to attend a community meeting to share your vision for the future development of the 67-acre site. We also invite Victor Hoskins, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, to join you in providing an update on the status of development proposals for the site.

For more than a decade, residents in our neighborhoods have worked tirelessly to see the Hill East Waterfront Development at Reservation 13 become a reality. This master development plan, widely supported in our neighborhoods, envisions a mixed-use retail and residential project that extends neighborhood streets to the Anacostia River.  

Unfortunately, due to the economy and other factors, these development plans have stalled. Instead, Reservation 13 consists of crumbling infrastructure and dilapidated buildings. The site has become a social services hub for the entire District of Columbia. While our neighborhoods have had to deal with the negative consequences that come with concentrating so many services and people in one small area, the District of Columbia continues to lose out on revenue that could be generated by developing the site.    

Recently, you’ve indicated an interest in using a portion of the site for a Washington Redskins training facility. Your constituents in our neighborhoods would like to learn more about this idea and how such a facility would fit into the master development plan. Your participation in a community meeting would help residents get a better sense of your vision for the site.

Brian Flahaven, commissioner for ANC 6B09, will follow up with your staff to find a date and time that works best for you, ideally in January 2012. We also hope to hold the meeting on the site, perhaps at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1901 Independence Avenue SE.

Reservation 13 is one of the last large, underutilized, undeveloped parcels of land with Metro access left in the District of Columbia. We are committed to working with you to support future development at Reservation 13 that increases the quality of life in our neighborhoods, our wards and the entire city.

Thank you for your consideration of our invitation.

Sincerely,

Nicholas Alberti, Commissioner, ANC 6A04
Francis Campbell, Commissioner, ANC 6B10     
Sheila Carson-Carr, Commissioner, ANC 7A01
Jared Critchfield, Commissioner, ANC 6B06
Brian Flahaven, Commissioner, ANC 6B09
Neil Glick, Commissioner, ANC 6B08
Carol Green, Commissioner, ANC 6B07  
David Holmes, Commissioner, ANC 6A03
Villareal Johnson, Commissioner, ANC 7A07
Brian Pate, Commissioner, ANC 6B05
Lia Veneendaal-Selck, Commissioner, ANC 6A08
Lisa White, Commissioner, ANC 7D01  

cc: 
Yvette Alexander, Councilmember, Ward 7
Tommy Wells, Councilmember, Ward 6

Sustainable DC Working Group Kick-off Meeting

Please join Mayor Vincent Gray on Tuesday, November 29th from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center as we present the progress from the “Start in September” outreach, and establish working groups to develop recommendations to make Washington, DC the greenest, healthiest, most inclusive and livable city in the nation!

We will begin the meeting together as a group to hear from Mayor Gray, review input to date, and map out the Sustainable DC planning process. We will then break out into nine topical working groups: the built environment, climate, energy, food, nature, transportation, waste, water, and the green economy.

We invite you to actively participate in one (or more) of these working groups, which will delve into the details of these topics over the course of four to six meetings from December through February. At the mid-point and again at the end of the working group process, all participants will come together to share ideas and address the critical connections among these working group topics.

No Way to Mega Bus at RFK!

Article copied from City Paper by Lydia DePillis

Today, the District Department of Transportation tweets, Megabus moves into Union Station’s parking deck, as part of the plan to make the station into a multi-modal transportation hub. Right now, everybody fits, since the charter tour buses that also pick up and drop off passengers there are entering the winter slow season. But come spring, when the station averages some 100 buses daily, there won’t be room for everyone to park while their charges eat lunch or dinner.

Where are they all going to go? The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, which manages station operations, isn’t quite sure. “This information is still under study including travel time, travel route, amenities available and neighborhood concerns,” writes USRC director David Ball. “All these items will be weighed in making a decision.”

Well, it’s getting close to scheduling for the spring already, and tour bus operators are still in the dark. According to tour guide Tim Krepp of D.C. Like a Local, all they know is that they’ll have to relocate, and that parking at a satellite location will be more than twice as expensive.

According to the D.C. Department of Planning and Economic Development, two sites are under consideration: The parking lot at RFK Stadium and the empty lot around the decaying Crummell School behind the Hechts Bulding off New York Avenue. RFK is problematic because it’s further away and buses would likely have to go through residential neighborhoods, since the Capitol Police won’t allow them on Independence and Constitution. And the Crummell School lot is supposed to get redeveloped soon, so parking buses there wouldn’t be a great signal to the neighborhood (although the recently-issued request for offers received no responses from charter schools—zero—so it may be sitting around for a long while yet anyway as the District figures out what to do with it).

Then there’s the question of whether the buses would even go to those faraway locations at all, or if they’d prefer to just drive around the city streets, spewing fumes into the neighborhood. Solve one problem, create another!

Kingman Park Community and surrounding areas (Hill East and Reservation 13) is always a dumping ground. Please come up with another solution for the Mega Bus Station other than our community.

Just my take,

Lisa White ANC Commissioner SMD 7D01- Kingman Park  

Events DC: RFK & DC Armory Events for Nov. 2011

 

Event: La Feria de la Familia

Date: 11/13/2011

Attendance: 20,000+

Location: DC Armory

Event Summary: La Feria de la Familia is an exciting, interactive family and community event, organized by Telemundo Washington, DC as the premier Hispanic Family Expo in the D.C. area. La Feria de la Familia is designed to showcase the diverse range of products and services available to the Hispanic community through retail, automotive, health and nutrition, career, finance, lifestyle and entertainment vendors – among others.

 

Event: Test Drive CAMP

Date: 11/16/2011 – 11/17/2011

Attendance: 200

Location: Lot 7

Event Summary: Private Event (safety demo)

 

Event: Avicii

Date: 11/18/2011

Attendance: 9000

Location: DC Armory

Event Summary: DJ/Electronic/Dance Concert Ages 18+Only

 

Event: Armin Van Buuren

Date: 11/19/2011

Attendance: 9000

Location: DC Armory

Event Summary: DJ/Electronic/Dance Concert Ages 18+Only

 

Event: MASSIVE

Date: 11/26/2011

Attendance: 15,000

Location: Lot 8 (Tented)

Event Summary: DJ/Electronic/Dance Concert Ages 18+Only