Critics slam idea of using funds from public for United stadium

Critics lined up Thursday to slam the idea of a tax subsidy to build D.C. United a stadium east of the Anacostia River, as Mayor Adrian Fenty insisted that public financing would be necessary for the project but denied a final deal had been struck.

“There is nothing final in place,” Fenty said from the upper deck of the Anacostia Metro station parking garage, which overlooks Poplar Point, the likely new home of a 27,000-seat soccer stadium. “There are a lot of different proposals.”