what was its previous name?
District of Columbia Stadium.
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
The stadium opened in October 1961 named the District of Columbia Stadium, 
what was the 2009 u.s. open cup final? UNANSWERABLE which type of sport was played? Football. between which two teams was the game played? Seattle Sounders FC and D.C. United. how many mls cups has the first team won? 2 did the second team win anything? 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Copa Interamericana. where did the finals take place? At Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. where is this stadium located? In Washington, D.C. was it renamed? Yes, as Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, in Kennedy's honor.
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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium [SEP] Name
The stadium opened in October 1961 named the District of Columbia Stadium, but the media quickly shortened that to D.C. Stadium and sometimes, in the early days, as "Washington Stadium". On January 18, 1969, in the last days of the Johnson Administration, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall announced that the stadium would be renamed Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, in Kennedy's honor. The official renaming ceremony was held but by then many had already been referring to it as "RFK Stadium" or simply "RFK". Coincidentally, following the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the Armory Board had directed that the stadium be renamed for him, but the plan faltered when a few weeks later the Philadelphia city council passed a bill renaming Philadelphia Stadium as "John F.