DC United will move into its new Buzzard Point complex in '18, but based on construction projections, the club "probably will not play its first home game there until June of ’18, three months into the season," according to Steven Goff of the WASHINGTON POST. Accordingly, MLS is "prepared to schedule numerous away matches before United is able to christen the new digs." Club officials face a DC Zoning Commission hearing Nov. 2 and are "aiming to break ground this January or February." Optimistically, they believe they can "complete the project in 14 months." But realistically, they are "looking at 16 months to finish a venue that will offer approximately 19,000 seats, 32 suites and standing-room-only tickets during sellouts." Team officials have "no plans to play any games after next season" at city-operated RFK Stadium, where team investors have "burned through cash since the team’s inception" in '96. In essence, United would "accept an uneven schedule" in order to play the entire '18 home slate at Buzzard Point (WASHINGTON POST, 10/1).
