Life's a Pitch

15 green sports venues 3

Nationals protest

Nats fans couldn’t bear to see Exxon as a sponsor.

Greenpeace

2. Washington Nationals Stadium. The Mets get this year’s moment in the centerfield spotlight, but last spring’s big debut happened farther south. The Nationals tacked on $2 million to a nearly $700 million price tag in order to add features that earned this stadium a LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council—the first in the country to do so. From an in-house recycling center to a wastewater system designed to filter out peanut shells and hot-dog bits, the D.C. team thought of everything—except for screening out objectionable anti-green sponsors. Ah well, you can’t win ‘em all.

 

 

Katharine Wroth is a senior editor at Grist.

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  1. joannasa Posted 9:29 am
    22 Apr 2009

    I'm a bit disappointed in these choices -- why so many NEW STADIUMS?!?!? And so many 1-trick ponies.Where is the SF Giants and Oakland Coliseum? Both are centrally located and easily accesible by public transit. Both have very aggerssive recycling programs and divert TONS and TONS of recyclables. Also -- instead of being used for just 1 season a year, Oakland Arena/Coliseum is used for football, basketball, baseball, and dozens of concerts and events. The Giants AT&T Park hosted over 400 events in 2007! Not bad far a venue that holds over 40,000 people.

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