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DC Mayor Bowser Pushes For Redskins Stadium On Old RFK Site

Bowers said she is focused on reusing the land occupied by RFK Stadium now that DC United leftGETTY IMAGES

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday "left no doubt" that a new Redskins stadium should be housed on the site currently held by RFK Stadium, according to Clarke & O'Connell of the WASHINGTON POST. Bowser was at a groundbreaking for a $489M project to transform parking lots around the venue "into playing fields for the city’s children." She said that she is "focused on reusing the land occupied by RFK Stadium now that DC United has departed for its own new stadium." Yesterday's groundbreaking thrust the RFK site "into the forefront of what to date has been a largely speculative debate over whether the Redskins will build their next stadium in Maryland, Virginia or the District." Bowser said that the "'model' would be the DC United agreement, in which the city provided the land to the team free on a long-term lease and the team was responsible for building" Audi Field. Redskins Owner Dan Snyder "echoed her sentiment." Snyder: “(Washington) is a special place, and she’s right that it’s the only sports team that’s not in the city." Clarke & O'Connell note it is in the Redskins’ interests to "gin up a bidding war among multiple jurisdictions for their next stadium." But sources said that to date, none has "come forward with a package of incentives." The Redskins ideally would "like to choose and announce the site for the stadium by the end of the year." Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in October '16 said that he "would do 'whatever it takes' to keep the Redskins in Maryland after the team’s lease at FedEx Field expires" in '27. Virginia "lost its most vocal proponent for a Redskins stadium when Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s term ended in January" (WASHINGTON POST, 8/30).

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: Bowser said that the city was "not shy about partnering with its teams and remained focused on investing 'in the future of sport.'" She did not indicate how much the city would be willing to spend, but said that "investing in sports would create an impact on the 'bottom line' of the District" (WASHINGTON TIMES, 8/30).

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