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The D.C. Council on Monday unanimously advanced $1 billon to meet the District's share of a new $3.6 billion Washington Commanders stadium complex at the RFK campus. But the stadium deal is far from done.
While Washington, D.C. remained the frontrunner for the deal, with support from the Commanders franchise and NFL executives, the exclusivity clause that kept its stately neighbors from making their bids expired Tuesday. Leaving the ball in anyone's court -- or field, if you will.
Chairman Phil Mendelson called the DC Council budget proposal, which calls for $1 billion in funding for the new football stadium, a fair compromise.
The Commanders also last month hired Ben Spiritos as director of development. Spiritos, who updated his LinkedIn profile with the new role, also had a stint at JBG as a development analyst between 2015 and 2019, according to his profile. He most recently worked as director of acquisitions at Atlas Capital Group.
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New report commissioned by DC Council gives a look into the risks associated with RFK Stadium deal
The study claims to have found several notable risks from uncertain maintenance to parking and the lack of a comprehensive safety plan.
Lawyers for the Trump administration and Harvard University will square off in a Boston courtroom on Monday with billions in US government funding at stake.
D.C. Council has no leg to stand on with the Commanders stadium objection. It seems that the reason for the delay in the Council's voting process is some confusion over the full purpose behind the ...
Now that the provision has passed in the Senate, Bowser can start negotiating with the Commanders about a stadium. Washington played at RFK Stadium from 1961 to 1996 before moving to Maryland.