Trump touts Commanders' stadium deal, hopes it will lead to 'less crime' in DC

President Donald Trump celebrated the Washington Commanders’ statement with District of Columbia authorities officials to instrumentality implicit the aged RFK Stadium tract connected Monday.

Commanders squad proprietor Josh Harris, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the statement astatine a property conference. The completion of the woody is pending D.C. City Council approval.

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Washington Commanders controlling proprietor Josh Harris, from left, signs a helmet on with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, aft an announcement astir a caller location for the NFL shot squad connected the tract of the aged RFK Stadium, Monday, April 28, 2025, astatine the National Press Club successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

"I americium thrilled to denote that the Washington Football Team volition beryllium returning to our Nation’s Capital! The caller Stadium Deal is simply a HUGE WIN for Washington, D.C., and for the Team’s unthinkable instrumentality base," helium wrote successful a station connected Truth Social. 

"It volition besides boost Economic Development, make much Jobs and, hopefully, pb to little Crime successful the area. We are making Washington, D.C., GREAT AGAIN, 1 measurement astatine a time!"

The Commanders posted a nostalgic video showing the aged days of the franchise, formerly known arsenic the Washington Redskins, playing successful Washington, D.C. Super Bowl-winning backmost Joe Theismann narrated the video. 

"The clip is now," Theismann said. "Let's bring Washington backmost to D.C."

Hall of Fame moving backmost John Riggins, from left, erstwhile Washington Commanders backmost Doug Williams and erstwhile manager Joe Gibbs greet District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, adjacent to Washington Commanders controlling proprietor Josh Harris, aft an announcement that a caller location for the NFL shot squad volition beryllium built connected the tract of the aged RFK Stadium, Monday, April 28, 2025, astatine the National Press Club successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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The franchise played astatine RFK Stadium from 1961 to 1996 earlier they moved to Landover, Maryland, astatine the module present known arsenic Northwest Stadium. Team proprietor Josh Harris had considered antithetic sites for a caller stadium since helium bought the squad from Daniel Snyder.

Harris said successful August that 2030 was a "reasonable target" for a caller stadium. He besides expressed anticipation of a aboriginal NFL Draft taking spot connected the National Mall betwixt the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial.

The task is expected to outgo astir $4 cardinal successful total. The Commanders volition lend $2.7 billion, with the metropolis investing astir $1.1 cardinal implicit the adjacent 8 years for the stadium, housing, greenish abstraction and sportsplex and the 170 acres of onshore adjacent the Anacostia River.

The stadium is expected to spot astir 65,000 radical and person a extortion to location events passim the year.

RFK Stadium is disposable from Air Force One arsenic it takes disconnected from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Nov. 29, 2017.  (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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"This onshore has been blighted and underused for excessively long," Bowser said. "What our woody with the Washington Commanders provides is the fastest and shortest way to processing the RFK campus, and not conscionable delivering sports and entertainment, but delivering housing, jobs, recreation and economical development."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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