27-03-2025
What's new at Nationals Park for the 2025 season
It's Opening Day for the Washington Nationals ' 2025 season, and Nats fans have many new things to eat, do and see.
Why it matters: Nationals Park is all about baseball, but the team is upping its stadium experience to appeal to a wide swath of visitors — families, music fans and anyone looking for a good time.
State of play: Opening Day against the Phillies at 4:05pm goes big with the Budweiser Clydesdales, a flyover, live music, face painters and a ceremonial first pitch by Hall of Fame sportswriter Thomas Boswell — plus free t-shirts for the first 20,000 fans.
The teams will rendezvous on Saturday (4:05pm) and Sunday (1:35pm).
What's new: Cheap seats, fun eats and more.
💰 Deeper discounts: Stadiums get spendy, but the Nats are offering deep discounts this season to get fans in the ballpark.
Cheap $5 tickets for D.C. residents are now offered online for select games — a big boost from the box office-only days. The limit is 4 tickets per game, and 4 games per transaction.
Happy hour is cheap again: a $5 "value menu" offered Tuesdays now includes beer as well as food (hot dogs, nachos etc.). On any day, happy hour runs from gates-open to first pitch, with select 12-ounce beers for $5 and hard seltzers for $6 at the Change-Up bar, Budweiser Terrace and Ultra Loft.
On Tuesdays, all tickets start at $12, and parking is $14.
The kids-eat-free promo (under 12) will return later this season.
😋 Fun fare: The Nats added 11 new local vendors to its growing list of 40-plus DMV businesses. A few highlights include:
Cotton & Reed (Section 109): The Union Market rum distillery will mix tropical cocktails like strawberry daiquiris and Dark 'n' Stormies.
Electric Cool-Aid (Sections 102 and 147): Boozy slushies, courtesy of Shaw's "frozen bar."
Lucky Danger (Section 238): Chef Tim Ma 's popular American-Chinese takeout gets its place at the park for dumplings, lo mein and orange chicken bites.
Phowheels (Section 140): Vietnamese street eats from the OG food truck include banh mi, egg rolls and Vietnamese tacos.
Plus, a new Change-Up Food Hall (formerly the Budweiser Brew House) features rotating stands and themes based on visiting teams (e.g., Phillies-style cheesesteak nachos) and "players picks," like "Zimms ribs," a nod to now-retired #11.
🎁 Giveaways: Fan freebies are themed around the Nationals' season-long 20th-anniversary celebration (#NATS20), like a replica commemorative World Series ring (April 4) and 2005 replica jersey (April 5).
🎸 More concerts, festivals and theme nights
Music and baseball fans can look forward to the Nats Summer Concert Series, where the postgame show is included in the ticket. Acts include O.A.R. (May 9) and Ja Rule/Ashanti (Aug 29).
Big-name musicians are also visiting on non-game nights, including Shakira (May 31) and Billy Joel and Sting (Sept.. 5) and the Lumineers (Sept. 6).
Food and drink festivals like DC Beer Fest are back (April 12).
The wildly popular Savannah Bananas are coming (June 27-28).
The Nats continue to celebrate diverse communities through Heritage Days and popular theme days like Night Out, which recognizes the LGBTQ+ community (June 5).
