The Commanders are coming, one way or another. Pony up, taxpayers.
The Commanders, who can't wait to flee Landover, Maryland, will undoubtedly come to rest on the last remaining large, undeveloped tract of District land, to wit: 180 acres commonly known as the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Campus. Yes, Washington's football team will, like the Prodigal Son, come back to the city it abandoned in 1997, settling into a first-class, 65,000-seat, state-of-the-art, spanking-new stadium with a roof and supporting facilities and infrastructure for use as a franchise member of the NFL whose total value has been estimated at around $190 billion. The Commanders franchise alone weighs in around $6.3 billion as of August 2024 — so, unlike the Prodigal Son, it won't return spent and emptyhanded.
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