A House committee on Tuesday explored plans to redevelop Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, a makeover that could temp the Commanders to return to the site.
Delano Hunter, acting director of the D.C. Department of General Services, told lawmakers that new legislation to redo the stadium “has the potential to transform and expand recreation in our city for generations to come.”
Getting the team back inside the city, however, would also require beating out Maryland and Virginia in a fierce competition to be the Commander’s new home. Potential improvements to the complex, which is located in the city’s southeast quadrant on the banks of the Anacostia River, include amenities such as an Olympic swimming pool, gymnastics training facility, indoor track and multi-purpose field, boxing training facility, health and fitness club and more.
The bill would extend the lease on the 190-acre site, which is currently set to expire in 2038, up to 99 years. The possible upgrades do not guarantee that a stadium would be built or that the Commanders would call it home. The team’s new owner, Josh Harris, will be examining proposals from Maryland and Virginia.
At the hearing in front of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on federal lands, lawmakers and federal officials stressed the need to make sure the redevelopment plans protected open space and parkland.
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