What to Know
- The Washington Commanders would return to the District from Prince George's County, Maryland, in a multibillion-dollar deal announced Monday morning.
- The Commanders will pay $2.7 billion for construction, while D.C. will contribute about $1.1 billion: $500 million for construction, $356 million for parking, $89 million for a "sportsplex" and $202 million for utilities
- The stadium and its mixed-use areas are expected to generate $4 billion in taxes, the mayor’s office said
- The Commanders have played at Northwest Stadium — formerly FedEx Field — in Landover, Maryland, since 1997. They began playing at the now-defunct RFK Stadium in 1961.
- A mockup of what the new stadium could look like shows a glass roof and views of the U.S. Capitol. Plans for the site also include an entertainment district and riverfront housing, dining and recreation.
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The Washington Commanders plan to return to their namesake city under a more than $3 billion deal to create a new roofed stadium for year-round events on the site of the team's historic home.
District leaders and Commanders ownership outlined their plans Monday to build a new stadium on the 170-plus acre site of the mothballed Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Stadium along the banks of the Anacostia River.
"This land has been blighted and underutilized for too long," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday. "What our deal with the Washington Commanders provides is the fastest and surest route to developing the RFK campus, and not just delivering sports and entertainment, but delivering housing, jobs, recreation and economic development."
Renderings of the new stadium show a glass roof and views of the U.S. Capitol. Plans for the site also include an entertainment district and riverfront housing, dining and recreation.
The team's eight-mile move west back into the District of Columbia — after nearly three decades in Prince George's County, Maryland — comes as the team has been reinvigorated with new ownership under billionaire Josh Harris and young quarterback Jayden Daniels.
