Washington Nationals New Stadium (14 images)

The Washington Nationals mascot Screech poses alongside the newly installed home plate at the new Nationals Park in Washington on March, 4 2008. The Nationals will play their first game in the new stadium on March 30 against the Atlanta Braves. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

A sign designating the location of home plate sits in a vacant parking lot as construction is slated to begin on the New Nationals Stadium next week, at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Nationals new Stadium, in Washington on May 4, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

Washington Nationals owner Ted Lerner celebrates after signing the last support beam prior to its installment at a "topping out" celebration at the Washington Nationals Ballpark, in Washington on July 11, 2007. Members of the D.C. government, Nationals representatives and members of the public attended the ceremony to commemorate the beginning of the final stage of construction on the Nationals new stadium, which is scheduled to be completed in Spring 2008. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

Construction of the new stadium for the Washington Nationals baseball team is pictured during a media tour in Washington on June 6, 2007. The stadium is expected to be completed April of 2008. (UPI Photo/Dominic Bracco II)