In 1961, District of Columbia Stadium opened its doors as the primary venue to Washington’s NFL team. It would also serve as the primary home of the Washington Senators baseball team from 1962 through 1971 when they moved to Minneapolis to become the Minnesota Twins. Renamed in 1969 for the assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, RFK played host to many historical events.
But time stops for no one or no building. The NFL team left in 1996, the Washington Nationals left in 2007, and the sole tenant (aside from a few United States National Team matches) since then has been D.