The main room was equipped with a 40-foot (12 m) stage, a large mezzanine walkway, and a third level skybox was added in 2000 for VIPs. Technical design and production staff at Nation included original Lighting Designer John Niederhauser (JSN Design), Lighting Director Kevin W Clark, Production Managers Joe "Shaggy" Conroy, Dylan Overstreet, Production Assistant Jeff Nightingale, and Stagehands "Seal", "Mouse", and "Gwydo" who ran lights for concerts. The final event at Nation featured Mindless Self Indulgence on July 17, 2006. The venue also held the "Superbowl of Hardcore" a day-long concert featuring many of the top hardcore bands and punk bands. It was originally scheduled to be held at Merriweather Post Pavilion. In 1996, the venue hosted the Warped Tour marking the only time the annual event was held indoors. Nation had been host to hundreds of bands and solo acts, from David Bowie to Rage Against the Machine. As of January 2010, Opus East is insolvent and construction has been halted. The area is now considered part of the "Ballpark District" due to the fact the Nationals Park stadium has been built two blocks away. In July 2007, Potomac Investment sold the site to Opus East for $41.5 million, and in spring 2008 construction began on the office building. On July 17, 2006, the club closed after longtime lot owners Potomac Investment Properties decided to move forward with a planned 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m 2) office building on the site.
Nation was managed by Primacy Companies, Inc. Nation soon became very popular after another nearby dance club Tracks closed on November 6, 1999. In 1999, The Capital Ballroom changed management and became known as Nation. ĭue to its large size, The Capital Ballroom did host many top-selling musical acts during its four-year tenure, but it also had a sparse schedule, as the neighborhood, located in the area of Near Southeast in D.C., was notorious for its high crime rate in the mid-1990s. Nation was also recognized on a national and even international level for its three weekly DJ and theme driven nightclub parties. Nation became recognized locally for highly diverse concert events. DJ "Mohawk" Adam brought industrial and dark electronic acts. On Saturdays, the party "Industrial Revolution" hosted by D.C. It eventually became one of the country's largest weekly dance party/rave hybrid. The Capital Ballroom began holding "Buzz" nights on Fridays, which hosted a number of national and international talent in dance music.
The club was located near the other seminal Navy Yard club called Tracks (1111 First St, S.E.), a large gay club at the time. The club first opened its doors as The Capital Ballroom in August 1995, with The Ramones, Björk and Lords of Acid being among the first acts to take the stage. The building later expanded as it changed hands, at one point serving as a warehouse for the military and finally as a factory for Hurley Boiler before it ceased operations. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Built in 1924, the building initially comprised the front entrance of what became Nation, serving as a carriage factory. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).