Now, however, fans will be able to relive the experience on the big screen. Pink Floyd held a concert on September 19, 1987, in front of a crowd in excess of 120,000 (general admission was sold on the field), but the show was not sold out. The other team to move from Griffith to D.C. Stadium was the George Washington University Colonials college football team. The last touchdown scored at RFK was on a pass from Collegiate's Dyson Smith to Taron Riddick.[178]. Fan favorite Frank "Hondo" Howard hit a home run (RFK's last until 2005) in the sixth inning to spark a four-run rally to tie the game; the Senators scored two more in the eighth to go up 75, but the game was forfeited (90) to the Yankees after unruly fans stormed the field with two outs in the top of the ninth. What happened to Connie Mack Stadium? - Frequently Asked Questions [1] Looking to play on a bigger stage than Howard Stadium, they began scheduling games at RFK. JFK Stadium Philadelphia Final Days 1993 - YouTube [17] In 2010, the concert recording was released on a CD/DVD combination, titled Crimson White & Indigo. JFK Stadium had fallen into a state of disrepair and was condemned days after the show as unsafe due to structural issues and fire hazards, according to an Inquirer report from that year. No hitters: Terry Mulholland, against the Giants on August 15, 1990, and Kevin Millwood, against the Giants on April 27, 2003. [72], Between 1974 and 1990, three soccer teams played at RFK under the name Washington Diplomats. With six games remaining in the 1984 season, owner Berl Bernhard sold the team to Florida real estate developer Woody Weiser. Pink Floyd performed a concert here on June 1, 1988, as part of their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour and two concerts on July 9 and 10, 1994, as part of their The Division Bell Tour. Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead performed on July 10, 1987 in front of 70,000-plus on a day when it was 90 F in the shade (they were spraying fans near the stage with water). Attendance dropped throughout the season. September 30, 1972 Grambling beat Prairie View, 3812. They had a home record at RFK of 363441 (.451), representing the most games, wins, and losses by any team at RFK in any sport. Originally known as Sesquicentennial Stadium when it opened April 15, 1926, the structure was renamed Philadelphia Municipal Stadium[4] after the Exposition's closing ceremonies. After the games attracted more than 10,000 fans each, the Diplomats moved most of their home games to Woodson, but then moved the last five back to RFK once soccer superstar Pel was added to the roster of the New York Cosmos. JFK Stadium. The seats he hit with his home runs are painted white, rather than the gold of the rest of the upper deck. Events D.C.the city agency which operates RFK Stadiumbegan a strategic planning process in November 2013 to study options for the future of the stadium, its 80 acres (32ha) campus and the nonmilitary portions of the adjacent D.C. Armory. The Colonials were forced to play their first three games on the road to allow the stadium to be completed. They won the ASL Championship in 1988 but often drew fewer than 1000 fans. June 14: 1983: 50,108 fans come to watch Team America play Fort Lauderdale followed a Beach Boys concert. Marshall, for his unrepentant part, said he would integrate "when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites. May 5 - May 6. Joined ESPN The Magazine as a founding editor in 1998. : Connect communities east of the Anacostia River to the RFK Campus, and give visitors a bridge to exploring the Districts. [32][30] The official renaming ceremony was held on June 7,[32][33] but by then many had already been referring to it as "RFK Stadium" or simply "RFK". The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department firefighters and emergency workers responded and extinguished them. Through 1989, the Broad Street Run course ended with a lap around the track at the stadium. Mick Jagger met the press at JFK Stadium on August 26, 1981, to announce the tour. Panel 1 (furthest to the left when viewed from home plate, names read there from left to right are listed from top of display to bottom): Redskins football players, This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 18:55. [17] In 1960, when the American League granted the city of Minneapolis an expansion team, Griffith proposed that he be allowed to move his team to Minneapolis-Saint Paul and give the expansion team to Washington. Musical acts that appeared in Philadelphia included Madonna, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, REO Speedwagon, The Hooters, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton, The Cars, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner and Bob Dylan, accompanied by Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, of The Rolling Stones. Michael Jackson and The Jacksons performed here in May 1974 and September 1984. JFK Stadium was torn down and replaced by a new arena, called the First Union Center. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. The race starts at 8:00 a.m. at Broad Street and West Fisher Avenue. Transforming Asphalt into Adventures Jfk Stadium Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images A rendering of the Jefferson Street side of the new Hoboken High School, for which residents will vote on a bond referendum come January. The sea of washed-out yellow seats in the upper deck is broken up by three peeling white seats to commemorate titanic blasts by Senators slugger Frank Howard -- which, according to legend, led former Nationals manager Frank Robinson to observe that "the white ones are for his home runs, and the yellow ones are for his strikeouts.". Washington, DC 20001, Developing DCs Newest Recreation Destination, Today, the RFK Campus is our bold vision for turning parking lots into, parking lots surrounding the historic RFK Stadium, the multi-year redevelopment project including. Kennedy's is a beautiful bronze bust that happens to overlook the faded sides of Washington Redskins helmets. The owners estimated that they needed to attract 16,000 fans per game, but they never broke 10,000 and averaged only 6,200. The stadium was home to the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League in 1974. [citation needed], The Frankford Yellow Jackets also played here intermittently until the team's demise in 1931. [217][218] He won $50,000 and a kiss from Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly. That started a tradition of unique deliveries of the baseball on Opening Day. [16] Bush threw a ball saved by former Senators pitcher Joe Grzenda from that teams ill-fated final home gamethe ball Grzenda would have pitched to Yankee second baseman Horace Clarke when fans rioted and forced the forfeit. When they shared the stadium with the Nationals from 2005 to 2007, the playing surface and the dimensions of the field that resulted from baseball use drew criticism.