Metro News Release
For immediate release: August 20, 2009
Metro ready for Saturday night sports tripleheader
Extra trains for fans after baseball, football, soccer games
Metro will have extra trains available to get fans home from the baseball, football and soccer games on Saturday, August 22.
Riders can expect crowds in the Metrorail system Saturday evening as sports fans head to the Washington Nationals, Washington Redskins and DC United games. The Nationals game starts at 7:05 p.m. at Nationals Park. The Redskins play an exhibition game at 7:30 p.m. at FedEx Field, and DC United play at 7:30 p.m. at RFK Stadium.
After the games, Metro will have a combination of six-car and eight-car trains for patrons traveling from the various sports venues.
Baseball fans going to the Nationals game are reminded to use both entrances at the Navy Yard Metrorail station on the Green Line. The station=s west entrance at Half and M streets, S.E., is one block from Nationals Park. The station=s east entrance is two blocks away at New Jersey Avenue S.E.
Football fans going to the Redskins exhibition game at FedEx Field are reminded to use the Morgan Boulevard Metrorail station on the Blue Line, less than a mile from the stadium. Individuals attending the Redskins game who park their cars at the Morgan Boulevard (635 parking spaces) and Largo Town Center (2,200 parking spaces) Metrorail stations on the Blue Line will have to pay $25 to park and must have a SmarTrip card to pay for parking when exiting these facilities. Paid parking at these two stations goes into effect at 4:30 p.m. and continues two hours after the game concludes. Parking at other Metrorail station lots is free on weekends.
Soccer fans heading to the DC United game are reminded to use both entrances at the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station on the Blue and Orange line. The main entrance at 19th Street and Independence Avenue, S.E., is closest to RFK Stadium. The second entrance is two blocks away at 19th Street between C and Burke Streets, S.E.
Riders connecting to or from the Red Line are reminded to add 30 minutes of travel time to their travels on Saturday due to scheduled track maintenance and track circuit repairs between the Brookland-CUA and Takoma Metrorail stations.
Fans also are reminded to purchase enough value on their farecards or SmarTrip cards for their round trips upon entering the Metrorail system.
Media contact for this news release: Cathy Asato or Lisa Farbstein at 202-962-1051.
For all other inquiries, please call customer service at 202-637-7000.
News release issued at 12:29 pm, August 20, 2009.