The chairman of the Washington, DC, City Council announced on Thursday that a rescued stadium agreement has been a deal between the city and the Washington commanders, despite threats to block any deal from President Trump earlier this week.
The NFL team is negotiating with the district about its plans to build a new stadium at the RFK Stadium site at DC 30 years after decamping to Maryland, but the proposal faces further challenges.
Mr. Trump Said On July 20 that if the commander “name the name” does not change back into the original ‘Washington Redskins’, and the ridiculous monkey,’ get rid of the Washington commanders, ‘I will not make a deal for them to build a stadium in Washington.’ The team changed its name with “Washington Redskins” five years ago, as the term is widely considered a racist slurler against the original Americans, but Mr. Trump has recently prepared the call for a return to the old name.,
DC Council President Phil Mendelson said about Mr. Trump’s comments on Thursday, “I think everyone is surprised by the President’s comments, and in this sense, they are certainly not helpful. I don’t know where they go. And I have actually painted them as a distraction, in many senses of that word, in many senses,”
According to Mendelson, the council is ready to vote on the proposal on 1 August, with another vote on 17 September. Mendelson said that he “believes that we would have the necessary votes to pass the agreement next week”.
In addition to the dangers emerging from the President, the DC Council and the commanders also face technical difficulties around the transfer of control over the property of the RFK Stadium. While the stadium is located on the federal land, the city was Permission by Congress To control property for 99 years in January, which will allow for its redevelopment. The agreement to date indicates a step towards obtaining approval from city councilors on the redevelopment plan, but the actual test will come with August 1 vote.
Despite the upcoming obstacles, the proposal receives widespread support from both district politicians and residents.
“Bringing commanders home is more than a stadium. It is about making jobs, attracting revenue and investing in ward 7 – and it is coming [a] Time when we need the most, “DC Mayor Murial Boseer Said Thursday.
According to Mendelson, as its latest amendments, the revenue advantage for DC includes $ 950 million, and district taxpayers are expected to save $ 55 million.
“A lot of reactions that we got from the residents, at least, which I heard, and I think my colleagues will agree, the deal may be better for the district. And I mean, I heard from many people, ‘I support the team. I want a team in a district, but I think it can be a better deal.” And so I think the commanders heard, “said Mendelson.
The possibility of dialogue will continue, can be done later with potential additional amendments, but while Mendelson said “still has a lot that has to work in terms of legal documents, represents the” infrastructure of the current deal agreement “.
Mendelson, who had previously expressed concern over the proposal due to this CostHe said “[put] DC residents and their partner council members are satisfied with my own perspectives on the deal, and since then.
,[T]That commander has been very positive, creative in our conversation, “said Mendelson.” I have no complaints. ,
