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The Five-Point Weekend Escape Plan Navigate the Potomac River

The Bullpen is the baseball equivalent of Water Taxi Beach, but along the Anacostia River in Washington's desperate-to-revitalize "Waterfront District." It's an abandoned construction site across from Nationals Park that has become the new pre- and postgame scene, with a huge outdoor bar, cheap eats...

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Bo Blair will open The Bullpen across from Nationals Park in Southeast. With $25,000 a month to pay in rent, he won't stick to a guest-list only policy...

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The Washington Post

This Bullpen Saves the Game for Many Fans

Section off a parcel of asphalt, put up a stage for bands, add picnic tables and about two dozen sets of cornhole (the popular bean-bag-tossing game), erect a large party tent that offers shelter from afternoon sun and the inevitable Washington thunderstorm, then set up a bar underneath it. On more...

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BIZBASH Washington

THE WALKTHROUGH

The Bullpen, a 15,000-square-foot festival park, opened May 15 in the up-and-coming Waterfront District in Southeast. The fenced-in venue, which can accommodate 1,000, is located directly across the street from the main entrance to the Nationals Park baseball stadium. The 3,200-square-foot tent houses a bar, six high-top tables, and two 40-inch flat-screen TVs...

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This Bullpen Saves the Game for Many Fans

The Bullpen Adds Life to Nats Park 'Hood New Half Street hangout just opened By TOM SHERWOOD On Saturday evening, I walked just over a half mile from my Southwest home to the Nats stadium off South Capitol Street to see the Phillies take on the Nationals. The Bullpen Gives Nats Fans Relief A new beer garden gives fans something else to cheer about at Nationals Park...

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Washington Biz Journals

Beer garden opens Friday outside Nationals Park

A beer garden and entertainment center located across the street from Nationals Park will open this Friday before the team's game against the Philadelphia Philies. "The Bullpen" will be located at the corner of N St. and Half streets SE. Read more: Beer garden opens Friday outside Nationals Park | Washington Business Journal...

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Culture Mob

New Bars and Restaurants at Nationals Park

The Bullpen, a new bar, restaurant and live music venue, will open directly across from Nationals Park at N and Half Streets, SE on Friday, May 15th (that's the date of the their match-up with the Phillies, for all you Nats faithfuls out there). According to the Capitol Riverfront BID, the new destination will be open for at least...

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Let Teddy Win

The Bullpen – A milestone for Half Street

For those saying the Nats need a new Bullpen, help has arrived. Help drowning your sorrows, that is At 5:00pm Friday, two hours before the Washington Nationals take on the Philadelphia Phillies, The Bullpen will open its doors to the public, with food, drinks, and live music just outside the centerfield gates of Nationals Park...

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Nationals Daily News

Getting The Party Started (Finally) at the Bullpen

Finally, nightlife and entertainment within feet of the Centerfield Gate. We don't want to complain and ask, "What took you so long?" So we'll just enjoy the new Bullpen Outdoor Beer Garden, just steps from the Half Street Metro exit. My colleague Brian reported on this development getting started and now the notoriously slow DC Government has quickly approved it...

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Washington Biz Journal

Festival Park near Nationals Park wins OK

The still-struggling area around Nationals Park has been plagued with stalled development plans caused by a lack of funding. In an effort to finally give baseball fans another option besides the game itself, Georgetown Events has partnered with Stroud Productions and Akridge Realty to create "The Festival Park on Half Street...

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The Washington Post

Southeast D.C. Makes a Call to the Bullpen

An outdoor beer garden across from Nationals Park could be open by May 1 now that the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission voted 7-0 Monday night in favor of a developer's proposal. Plans for "the Bullpen," a 15,000-square-foot entertainment zone on the site of an old Metrobus garage, call for a large tent with a stage for live music,....

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