Confirming the stories from earlier this week, the Washington Business Journal (reg. req.) reports that the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission has chosen the joint venture of Clark Construction, Smoot Construction, and Hunt Construction Group to build the new Nationals stadium. (Here are the portfolios of stadiums built by Clark, Smoot, and Hunt.) Now, if only architects HOK Sport and Devrouax-Purnell would let us in on the secret of what this new stadium will look like! UPDATE: Here's the Post story on the choice, including the tidbit that the $23 million contract with Clark et al. must be approved by the DC Council. UPDATE II:  The DCSEC Press Release.

The DC Sports and Entertainment Commission has released a Request for Proposals to hire a construction contractor to manage utility relocation work for sewer and telephone lines within the stadium footprint. This work will go hand-in-hand with Pepco's work to remove and relocate power lines in the area, which the press release says will be done during the end of August through September. All utility relocation (including electric power, potable water, storm and sanitary sewers, natural gas, telecommunications, and cable television need to be completed by January 2006 so as not to delay stadium construction.

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