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Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:58 PM Sep 17

The Washington Commanders are returning to DC as council approves $3.7B deal for stadium at RFK site [View all]

The Washington Commanders are returning to DC as council approves $3.7B deal for stadium at RFK site

Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
September 17, 2025, 6:12 PM

The Washington Commanders are coming home.

The D.C. Council voted 11-2 on Wednesday to approve a deal valued at around $3.7 billion to build the team a new stadium on the old RFK Stadium site.

The Washington Commanders are returning to DC as council approves $3.7B deal for stadium at RFK site

It’s the second and final vote that was needed to finally close the book on a yearslong, winding political saga that’s involved Congress, D.C. leaders and even President Donald Trump.

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Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.
trobertson@wtop.com
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