Report: Commanders, D.C. mayor plan to announce NFL stadium deal on Monday
The Washington Commanders and the District of Columbia reportedly have an agreement to build a stadium at the site where the vacant RFK Stadium currently sits, according to multiple reports.
It appears the Washington Commanders will finally get their new stadium.
The team and the District of Columbia reportedly have an agreement to build a stadium at the site where the vacant RFK Stadium currently sits, according to multiple reports.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Commanders owner Josh Harris are expected to announce the deal at a press conference on Monday. The final approvals are still needed from the D.C. city council and Harris’s partners, with the stadium reportedly expected to cost $3 billion.
The team has been looking for a new stadium for several years, and that search moved to a new level when Josh Harris’ group bought the Commanders from previous owner Dan Snyder in 2023. Places in Washington, Virginia and Maryland have all been considered.
The site of the old RFK Stadium had been the preferred destination.
Getting back to the franchise’s former home is a path that included Harris and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill in December to pass legislation to transfer the 170-plus acres of land from the federal government to D.C. It made it through Congress at the eleventh hour, and former President Joe Biden signed it into law in early January.
The Commanders’ lease at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, runs through 2027. Harris called 2030 a “reasonable target” for a new stadium.
The team played at RFK Stadium, 2 miles (3.22 kilometres) east of the Capitol, from 1961-96 before moving to Maryland. Harris and several co-owners, including Mitch Rales and Mark Ein, grew up as Washington football fans during that era, which included the glory days of three Super Bowl championships from 1982-91.
— With files from the Associated Press.
