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The Washington Nationals Ballpark is a fast-tracked design build baseball ballpark located in the SE of Washington, DC. The ballpark is set to be completed by opening day for Major League Baseballs Washington Nationals in April of 2008. Three major general contractors in the DC area formed “A Joint Venture” to become Clark / Hunt / Smoot, to oversee the ballparks erection. The ballpark is the creation of another joint venture in HOK Sport and Devrouax and Purnell, the architects who came together to create the beautiful, and unique ballpark. The project has the largest construction cost ever to date for a Major League Baseball stadium with an overall project cost of $611 million
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