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Virginia State Senator Jeremy McPike said Wednesday that he believes Commandant’s Defense Coordinator Jack Del Rio’s reference to the attack on the Capitol from 6 Stadium in the state.
While there’s nothing official on this front, it looks like another potential location for Commanders to build a new home is off the table. In a letter to DC Congressman Eleanor Norton Thursday, City Councilman Charles Allen wrote that he and the majority of other council members believe a future football stadium at this site is inconsistent with their vision for the future of the site currently occupied by the former RFK home stadium of the team.
Norton and other officials have talked about working to bring the team back, but Allen wrote that studies have shown that subsidizing football stadiums has no economic benefit and that district taxpayers will foot part of the stadium bill, “no matter what the promises commanders do” the opposite.
“We all hope that the Washington Commanders can address its owners many off-the-field blunders — notably its failure to provide a safe work environment for women — and second, may return to its former glory on the field. However, we believe this riverfront lot, one of the last large undeveloped lots in the district, must be used in the best interests of the district residents,” Allen wrote.
In a tweet, Allen cited Del Rio’s comments as another reason not to use public money on the project, before adding that a stadium is “a uniquely bad use of taxpayer money” under any circumstances.
Maryland earlier this year approved $400 million to develop the area around the team’s current FedEx field, but Gov. Larry Hogan said the state will not go into a bidding war to keep the Commanders.