The Commanders and D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser have a stadium deal. That’s not the end of the matter but the beginning.
Next, D.C. Council must approach the arrangement and the significant public expenditure that comes with it.
That makes it a distinctly political issue. Winning at the ballot box is one thing (such votes routinely fail). Here, the Commanders, the NFL, and Bowser still need to get enough members of the D.C. Council behind the project.
Appearing recently on The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, owner Josh Harris rattled off some of the pro-stadium talking points.
Harris said, via Sports Business Journal, that the stadium deal will “be highly beneficial” for the District, citing the $2.7 billion payment the team will be making as the biggest private investment in D.C. history.
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