The Washington Commanders’ quest to build a new stadium is going roughly as well as their last two decades of on- and off-field headlines would suggest.
The Virginia General Assembly delayed a vote on whether or not to supply $350 million in state-funded subsidies toward the project after three lawmakers withdrew their support, citing a Congressional investigation into team owner Dan Snyder and the franchise’s alleged defrauding of season ticket holders. One of the wrinkles in the building proposal the Commanders are pushing forward is that their new venue would have the smallest capacity in the NFL — and by a significant margin.
Washington’s current plan calls for 55,000 seats. That’s 5,000 to 7,000 fewer than the Buffalo Bills have slated for their new stadium, which would be the coziest confines in the league, and 6,500 fewer than Soldier Field — currently the NFL’s smallest home field. Here’s where it would stack up among the other new venues built or planned since 2015:
