All former venues

Every published venue in the atlas. Each record cites its sources and shows what stands on the site today where that is known.

American League Park (I)

Washington, Washington, D.C. · Baseball · 1901–1903

American League Park was the first home of the American League's Washington Senators, used from 1901 to 1903 in Washington's Trinidad neighborhood.

Site redeveloped

Benning Race Track

Washington, Washington, D.C. · Horse racing · 1890–1908

Benning Race Track was Washington, D.C.'s Thoroughbred track from 1890 until Congress banned racing in the District in 1908. The Mayfair Mansions apartments now stand on the site.

Site redevelopedPartially verified

Boundary Field (National Park)

Washington, Washington, D.C. · Baseball · 1891–1911

Boundary Field was a wooden ballpark at Georgia and Florida Avenues in Washington that hosted the Senators in the 1890s and again from 1904 to 1910, until fire destroyed its stands in March 1911.

Site redevelopedPartially verified

Griffith Stadium

Washington, Washington, D.C. · Baseball · 1911–1961

Griffith Stadium was Washington's major league ballpark from 1911 to 1961. It stood on the site of an earlier park near Howard University and was replaced by Howard University Hospital.

Site redeveloped

RFK Stadium

Washington, Washington, D.C. · Football · 1961–2019

Opened in 1961 as D.C. Stadium and renamed for Robert F. Kennedy in 1969, RFK was Washington's main stadium for NFL, MLB and MLS teams. Its structure was demolished in 2025-26 to make way for a new Commanders stadium.

DemolishedPartially verified

Swampoodle Grounds

Washington, Washington, D.C. · Baseball · 1886–1889

Swampoodle Grounds, near the Capitol in Washington, was home to the National League's Washington Nationals from 1886 to 1889.

Site redeveloped

Uline Arena

Washington, Washington, D.C. · Basketball · 1941–1985

Uline Arena, later the Washington Coliseum, was home to the BAA/NBA Washington Capitols and the site of the Beatles' first U.S. concert. The building survives as an REI store.

Standing, repurposedPartially verified