The Washington Commanders have paid more than $100 million for a 200-acre plot of land in Virginia, where the team could potentially build a stadium to replace 25-year-old FedEx Field.
A source with knowledge of the agreement confirmed the details to DailyMail.com on Monday. The deal was originally reported by ESPN’s John Keim.
The Commanders finalized the pact last week, but it hasn’t yet been filed with Virginia’s Prince William County. One source told ESPN that the land is the preferred site for a new stadium – a proposed 60,000-seat domed facility – and the team could potentially add another 65 to 70 acres around the site on which retail shops, restaurants and apartments could be built.
Before anything is decided, the team will need to know how much funding it will receive from state and local governments for the project, according to ESPN. Meanwhile, the state of Maryland has pledged $400 million to develop the area around FedEx Field in hopes of convincing the Commanders to stay put.
The location of the proposed site is located just off an I-95 exit in Woodbridge, Virginia, although various other reports have placed it in nearby Dumfries. One source has since told DailyMail.com that the site is in Woodbridge.
In either case, a new stadium in Prince William County would be considerably further from Washington DC than Landover, Maryland’s FedEx Field, which is just 11 miles from the Capitol. Dumfries, for instance, is more than 30 miles away from the Capitol, and that distance is exacerbated by the region’s notorious traffic problems.
Taxpayers should NOT contribute a penny to their woke crap!
Lifelong REDSKINS fan. Used to go to 2-3 games a year. Haven’t been to one since they changed the name and probably won’t go ever again. And I will call them the REDSKINS til I die!
What a stupid name choice. Named after a cigarette, a radio and a Studebaker, all lost to time.
Oh the Wee Lil Danny just loves publicity. He just put down a commitment of 100 million (need to read the fine print, nothing is final yet) on land south of DC. Power play by a short knocker with money. He wants to see what MD and DC does. He also owns 200 acres where the current stadium sits.
He also is being investigated by the NFL and Congress for the way he treated employees AND shortchanged financing that was supposed to be shared with the other 31 owners.
He gives the NFL a sore eye in everything he does YET he brings in $$$$ each year. He should go, liquidate and fall off the face of earth. This will make the NFL happy, people happy, Congress will be happy AND not block a new stadium to be built on the RFK sight.
But Lil Danny wont…. the pain and embarrassing laughter at the REDSKINS will continue.
How about the pols lower our taxes and shove the football . Nobody watches that crap anymore since the idiots took a knee