A proposal to build a new stadium at the site of the old RFK Stadium isn’t going anywhere, despite initial reporting on Tuesday indicating the contrary.
The stadium deal will be voted on as part of the city’s ongoing budget discussions, city council members confirmed to The Washington Times.
A report on Tuesday claimed that members of the District’s city council held a closed-door meeting to propose removing the stadium from the budget. The council would then vote on the stadium separately from the budget.
But Chairman Phil Mendelson quickly disputed the news on social media.
“There are no plans to take the RFK funding out of the budget,” Mr. Mendelson wrote on X. “In fact, I have said explicitly that the funding will be cabined, in other words, protected.”
The term sheet released by the Commanders and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser set a July 15 deadline for the city council to approve the proposal.
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