What a year it has been for the Washington Commanders. On Sunday, the Commanders defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 23-19, to finish the regular season 12-5 and clinch the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs.
Things got even better on Monday when President Joe Biden, in his final days in office, signed the RFK Stadium bill into law. This paved the way for the Commanders to build their new stadium in Washington, D.C.
This move comes after the United States Senate surprisingly passed the bill unanimously last month.
The federal government will now give the District control of the 170 acres where Washington’s former stadium is located. The bill allows the city to begin new projects on the land, including building a potential new stadium.
The Commanders shared the following post on X.
President Biden’s signature of the “D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act” is a big win for Washington, D.C. and its residents. Washington can finally move forward on a new vision for the RFK site.
We look forward to being a part of that… pic.twitter.com/2OxUJjlXzS
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) January 6, 2025
With Biden is managing partner Josh Harris, minority partners Mark Ein and Mitchell Rales, and Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
Mayor Bowser released the following statement:
Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser attended a bill signing at the White House as President Joseph R. Biden signed into law the D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act (H.R. 4984).
Mayor Bowser released the following statement: pic.twitter.com/MOU68FaCZU
— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) January 6, 2025
Ein also released a statement via X:
Extraordinary day with the signing of the “D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act.”This was always much bigger than a possible stadium, but rather getting 174 acres of very underutilized Federal land to DC who has many needs that fit perfectly here.… pic.twitter.com/N0cgtkG9Rt
— Mark Ein (@Markein) January 7, 2025
There is still work to be done, but the most significant hurdle was cleared in D.C. having control of the land. Harris has said 2030 is a reasonable target for a new Commanders’ stadium.
