President Trump is pushing to name the Washington Commanders’ new $3.7 billion football stadium after him, according to a report Saturday.
“That’s what the president wants and that’s probably what will happen,” one source said. espn,
While the White House did not confirm the outlet’s reporting, press secretary Carolyn Leavitt suggested the name has a nice ring to it.
“It would certainly be a beautiful name, since it was President Trump who made the renovation of the new stadium possible,” Leavitt said in a statement to The Hill on Saturday.
is the president expected to attend Josh Harris, the leader of the team’s ownership group, will be the guest at the Commander’s game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
According to ESPN, the two will discuss the name of the new stadium.
A source at the sports outlet said, “The team doesn’t have the rights. They can’t name the stadium however they want.”S Said.
“The city will be involved in that decision, and the Park Service will be involved as well,” he said.
Commanders did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment on the matter.
The team hopes to return to the fields of the old Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium, located on federal land in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington. Although the site is managed by the National Park Service, Congress passed a law Last year, local leaders in the district were granted control over the stadium’s redevelopment.
DC Council in September voted 11-2 to approve the NFL team’s return to the nation’s capital after playing in Landover, MD for the past 28 years.
Republicans in the House advocated early approval Plans for redevelopment of the stadium in the summer and recently offered a solution To ensure that all DC Council legislation must pass a 60-day congressional review period before being passed, while preventing Council members from passing bills similar to measures rejected by Congress.
