WT - LOVERRO: Subtract a Snyder, add a Daniels, the answer may equal a new stadium
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 3:50 am
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There were many circumstances that led to the moment Monday when District Mayor Muriel Bowser and Washington Commanders owners announced a new $3.7 billion stadium deal on the old RFK stadium site — and may ultimately lead to it actually happening.
Many of the most important circumstances were minuses. Absences. Disappearances.
First, the Redskins name disappeared. No one in power in this city would be publicly talking about spending a billion dollars in public funds for a team named the Washington Redskins.
Oh, they talked privately or tried to mask it. Former Mayor Anthony Williams pitched it as part of the city’s 2012 Olympic bid. So did Bowser for the 2024 bid — both failures.
Former mayor Adrian Fenty went to Ashburn to talk about a new stadium, and Bruce Allen and city officials went to Tampa on a fact-finding mission of sorts to see how the Buccaneers — Allen’s former employer — had set up their stadium and headquarters complex.
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There were many circumstances that led to the moment Monday when District Mayor Muriel Bowser and Washington Commanders owners announced a new $3.7 billion stadium deal on the old RFK stadium site — and may ultimately lead to it actually happening.
Many of the most important circumstances were minuses. Absences. Disappearances.
First, the Redskins name disappeared. No one in power in this city would be publicly talking about spending a billion dollars in public funds for a team named the Washington Redskins.
Oh, they talked privately or tried to mask it. Former Mayor Anthony Williams pitched it as part of the city’s 2012 Olympic bid. So did Bowser for the 2024 bid — both failures.
Former mayor Adrian Fenty went to Ashburn to talk about a new stadium, and Bruce Allen and city officials went to Tampa on a fact-finding mission of sorts to see how the Buccaneers — Allen’s former employer — had set up their stadium and headquarters complex.
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