NFL Commanders building $3bn new stadium in Ward 7 on the old RFK site

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the team wants to pay for every single cent involved in this project, fine. If the city has to put up any money for "infrastructure improvements," it's an outrage given our overall financial situation at the moment. I grew up as a fan of the team and I'm glad they're back to winning ways, but public money doesn't need to subsidize the NFL.

The city would need to pay for infrastructure improvements whether it is a stadium or 20 square blocks of new residential and retail. So either way, the city is spending that money.

For me, I am more interested in a compact, urban stadium with minimal parking and wrapped in mixed use and residential, so it can blend in more with the surrounding neighborhoods and not be an island.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They want an 8000 car parking complex AND a metro stop (that they won’t pay for). Nope. I’m in favor of the stadium but with only the amount of parking that we have at the Nationals stadium (around 1800 I believe). It would be an absolute crime to hog up that land with parking garages for that sit empty except for 8 days/year.

How tall is the parking garage for 8000 cars, because you aren't going to going underground that close to the Potomac?

They can go down and it is the Anacostia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're talking about a billion dollars. That's something like $1,400 for every person, including children, in DC. That amount of money could do so much more. They will argue it will promote economic development. Sure, any huge investment will, but spending that money on housing and schools and parks and stores will result in WAY more economic development than a football stadium that's used 8 days a year.

Please read up on the difference between operational and capital spending.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That site is truly terrible for driving. Capitol Hill? No way.

Right? I’m laughing at how this is pitched as “centrally located.” Centrally located to whom? It’s simply the only mega site available in the District and the mayor is a billionaire lapdog eager to give them whatever they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're talking about a billion dollars. That's something like $1,400 for every person, including children, in DC. That amount of money could do so much more. They will argue it will promote economic development. Sure, any huge investment will, but spending that money on housing and schools and parks and stores will result in WAY more economic development than a football stadium that's used 8 days a year.

Please read up on the difference between operational and capital spending.

Money is money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That site is truly terrible for driving. Capitol Hill? No way.

Right? I’m laughing at how this is pitched as “centrally located.” Centrally located to whom? It’s simply the only mega site available in the District and the mayor is a billionaire lapdog eager to give them whatever they want.

It’s right off 295. Obviously much more central than Largo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That site is truly terrible for driving. Capitol Hill? No way.

Right? I’m laughing at how this is pitched as “centrally located.” Centrally located to whom? It’s simply the only mega site available in the District and the mayor is a billionaire lapdog eager to give them whatever they want.

It’s right off 295. Obviously much more central than Largo.

Off 295?!?!

A single lane exit, then across a half mile bridge, to a traffic circle, from a perpetually-gridlocked 3 lane “highway” is “right off 295”?


You don’t live here, do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're talking about a billion dollars. That's something like $1,400 for every person, including children, in DC. That amount of money could do so much more. They will argue it will promote economic development. Sure, any huge investment will, but spending that money on housing and schools and parks and stores will result in WAY more economic development than a football stadium that's used 8 days a year.

Don't forget all the Taylor Swift concerts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That site is truly terrible for driving. Capitol Hill? No way.

Right? I’m laughing at how this is pitched as “centrally located.” Centrally located to whom? It’s simply the only mega site available in the District and the mayor is a billionaire lapdog eager to give them whatever they want.

It's right off 295 and it's only about 15 blocks off from being in the literal dead center of DC, which is the geographic and economic center of the region. How is it anything but centrally located?

Let me guess, you live in Upper NW or NOVA and think the world revolves around people scared to go east of Eastern Market?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That site is truly terrible for driving. Capitol Hill? No way.

Right? I’m laughing at how this is pitched as “centrally located.” Centrally located to whom? It’s simply the only mega site available in the District and the mayor is a billionaire lapdog eager to give them whatever they want.

??? It’s centrally located to the entire DC area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They want an 8000 car parking complex AND a metro stop (that they won’t pay for). Nope. I’m in favor of the stadium but with only the amount of parking that we have at the Nationals stadium (around 1800 I believe). It would be an absolute crime to hog up that land with parking garages for that sit empty except for 8 days/year.

That’s a third of the parking that FedEx has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That site is truly terrible for driving. Capitol Hill? No way.

So don’t drive. There’s a Metro stop right there. We started taking Metro to RFK as soon as the Red Line came north of downtown.

[Anonymous]

$3.7 billion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/28/commanders-stadium-rfk-deal-details-bowser-dc/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That site is truly terrible for driving. Capitol Hill? No way.

Right? I’m laughing at how this is pitched as “centrally located.” Centrally located to whom? It’s simply the only mega site available in the District and the mayor is a billionaire lapdog eager to give them whatever they want.

It’s right off 295. Obviously much more central than Largo.

Off 295?!?!

A single lane exit, then across a half mile bridge, to a traffic circle, from a perpetually-gridlocked 3 lane “highway” is “right off 295”?


You don’t live here, do you?

I do and it's a lot more centrally located than where it's currently located.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They want an 8000 car parking complex AND a metro stop (that they won’t pay for). Nope. I’m in favor of the stadium but with only the amount of parking that we have at the Nationals stadium (around 1800 I believe). It would be an absolute crime to hog up that land with parking garages for that sit empty except for 8 days/year.

That’s a third of the parking that FedEx has.

You won't need as much parking b/c not as many people will need to drive to get there.