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With the Nationals' new push to get fans to take Metro to the team's new Southeast stadium, the transit agency gave reporters a tour of the still-under-renovation Navy Yard station on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Nationals team president Stan Kasten rode Metro's Green Line on Wednesday, hoping to convince fans that rail is the best option for getting to games. The new $611 million ballpark only has about 1,200 parking spaces, which are reserved for season-ticket holders, the disabled and owners of premium seats and luxury boes.
"The quickest, cheapest, easiest way to get to the park will always be the Metro," said Kasten, who rode the Green Line from Gallery Place-Chinatown to Navy Yard on a relatively quiet weekday afternoon. 
Thursday's 'hard-hat tour' of the Navy Yard station showed that many projects were still in progress. Workers were rehabilitating escalators, laying tile and finishing other work. Time is running out; opening day is set for March 30.
Passers-by were skeptical crews could pull it off.
"It's not going to be done," said one woman. " I don't think it's going to be equipped to handle the amount of people that are going to be using this station."
"I used to work in construction, so I know they can make miracles happen overnight, but it has to be a big miracle -- Big Miracle -- because there's a lot of stuff still not in place," added another man.
Metro estimates that the amount of traffic on the Green Line could triple on game days.
On opening day, Metro plans to run eight extra Red and Orange Line trains, and 14 extra Green Line trains to help accommodate the 41,000 expected fans.
Season-ticket holders, along with high-price suite owners, have also been offered limited parking at surface lots within walking distance of the stadium.
The Nationals also plan to provide free shuttle bus service from the parking lots at RFK Stadium.
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