D.C. has very ambitious plans for Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium and the surrounding land — but nothing will happen until the National Park Service makes a decision.
“We need an extension of our lease, and we need the covenant removed that restricts the use of that land to only a sports and entertainment use,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said earlier this week.
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is backing a bill in Congress to extend the District’s lease with the Park Service by 50 years — for a total of 100 years. The deal would be for the 190 acres that currently house RFK Stadium, its parking lots and some waterfront land.
But Bowser also asked President Donald Trump to just give that land to the District — along with three golf courses and Franklin Square in downtown D.C. So far, the president has not responded.
Bowser says D.C. remains interested in building a new stadium for the Washington Redskins — or an arena that could be a new home to the Capitals and Wizards. But renderings of the RFK complex envision a gathering place for several interests.
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