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Washington commanders have entered into an agreement to build a new stadium on the site of the former RFK stadium in Washington, DC, officials announced on Monday.
Washington mayor Muriel Bowser said that the Government leaders in the Columbia District and Commanders had entered into an agreement to return to the site they called to the house for three decades. The agreement is awaiting approval of the DC municipal council.
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The RFK Stadium is visible from the Air Force One because it takes off from the Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, November 29, 2017. (Photo AP / Andrew Harnik, file)
The commanders have published a nostalgic video showing the old time of the franchise, formerly known as Washington Redskins, playing in Washington, the winner winner of the Super Bowl, Joe Theismann, said the video.
“Time is now,” said Theismann. “Rames Washington to DC”
The franchise played at the RFK stadium from 1961 to 1996 before moving to Landover, Maryland, at the faculty now known as Northwest Stadium. The owner of the team, Josh Harris, had considered various sites for a new stadium since he bought the team from Daniel Snyder.
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The receiver of the Washington commanders, OLAMIDE ZACCHEAUS, # 14, celebrates his touch with the quarter of the commanders of Washington Jayden Daniels, n ° 5, and others during the second half of an NFL football match against the Eagles of Philadelphia on Sunday December 22, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (AP photo / Stephanie Scarbrough)
Congress legislators supported Harris’ prosecution to take control of the former RFK stadium site in the State that the team and the NFL would honor the former Redskins logo in one way or another. Senator Steve Daines, R-Mont., Said he would support the organization in the future with his plan after “good faith negotiations” with the two entities.
“We called leaders in case of really, the awakening was wrong. The irony that they canceled the Amerindian culture while the Dei movement was going too far,” said Daines in November. “It is honoring a chief of black person who was born in Montana. He is very estimated. The black feet of Montana, their current president and the tribal council signed a strong support letter to bring the logo. He honors the Indian country.
“We have good discussions with the NFL and with commanders. There is in good faith in the negotiations in the future which allow this logo to be again.
Harris said in August that 2030 was a “reasonable target” for a new stadium.
The owner of Washington commanders Josh Harris is on the ground before the match against the Dallas cowboys at the Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on November 24, 2024. (Images Geoff Burke-Imagn)
He also expressed hope that a future NFL draft takes place in the national shopping center between the American Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial.
