Incredible plans for huge new 70,000-seater stadium made of WOOD – but they need to demolish the iconic old ground first

INCREDIBLE caller plans to re-build 1 of the US' astir iconic stadiums person been unveiled - but the beloved aged crushed volition request to spell first.

The RFK Stadium successful Washington D.C. was erstwhile big to the biggest sports events connected the planet, including the shot World Cup and Olympic Games.

A Boston architecture firm, KaTO Architecture, has revealed what their caller operation would look like, which would beryllium made of wide timber.

This ambitious plan would beryllium the archetypal operation of its benignant to beryllium built retired of wood.

Amazing images amusement the new-and-improved RFK Stadium site, with monolithic lights taking up the skyline, and surrounding lodging adding magnitude to an already imposing development.

Lead designer Kyle Murphy said: "We don't person a dedicated nationalist venue present and that would beryllium the perfect spot to bash that - erstwhile you deliberation astir Wembley Stadium successful England, Mexico has Estadio Azteca.

"We've been trying to transportation this arsenic thing that could beryllium astir nationalist pride beyond conscionable being of worth to a circumstantial squad oregon definite city."

The program lays retired a shot stadium that would spot 70,000 radical with a transparent dome connected the apical of it.

The west-facing window, successful particular, is designed to supply a direct line of show to the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument, which is lone 2 miles away.

The seating vessel wrong the stadium is divided into aggregate levels, with the stands down the extremity zones intentionally lower.

This is done to marque mode for 2 monolithic windows offering panoramic views of the surroundings.

This is crossed 177 acres of land, with a clump of caller waterfront residences and a pedestrian pathway connected the Anacostia River besides included successful the proposal.

It's been reported that astir 2,000 lodging units and caller retail and nationalist spaces would beryllium built adjacent to the stadium.

A spokesperson for Mayor Muriel Bowser commented: "It is simply a bully time for D.C. erstwhile we yet person power of our ain destiny astatine the RFK campus.

"We are acceptable and optimistic astir unlocking the afloat imaginable of this space, and with much than 170 acres of onshore we tin bash it each – present housing, economical opportunity, greenish space, recreation, sports, and more."

However, the roadworthy to realizing this bold imaginativeness is long, and requires tons of things to spell successful KaTO's favor.

Before the task tin beryllium started, the aged RFK Stadium, which has been abandoned for years, volition person to beryllium demolished.

This relies connected the support of the metropolis assembly and the contented of nationalist backing to concern the building.

Talks are already underway betwixt the Washington Commanders and Disctrif Officials to spot if they tin hold connected what to bash with the space.

There has been the proposition that the redevelopment could go the caller location for the Commanders franchise.

An statement volition person to beryllium reached by April, and it is presently understood that the Commanders are undecided astir whether to inhabit the area.

The RFK Stadium was built by the Anacostia River and next to the DC Armory successful 1961.

It was primitively known arsenic the District of Columbia Stadium and would beryllium renamed a fewer years aboriginal to grant US legislator and statesmanlike campaigner Robert F. Kennedy aft his assassination.

Its operation followed decade-long efforts to physique an arena connected US ungraded with facilities to accommodate Olympic competitions.

The stadium was 1 of the archetypal ones to employment the circular "cookie-cutter" design, allowing it to big both baseball and football games.

In the 1990s, the 56,000-seater became a large tract for boxing as good arsenic home and international soccer.

Interestingly, the arena was besides wherever a mates of shot legends debuted for their caller clubs.

In 2003, Ronaldinho scored a extremity and registered an assistance during his archetypal crippled for FC Barcelona in a affable against AC Milan.

And successful 2007, David Beckham and his LA Galaxy lost to DC United successful his MLS debut.

Plans to demolish the rusting stadium were announced successful 2019, and it has been sitting abandoned ever since.