US Senate passes RFK Stadium land bill, giving Commanders major off-field win The path for the NFL’s Washington Commanders to return to the nation’s capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended early Saturday with a post-midnight reprieve.
The DC Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act passed by voice vote at roughly 1.15am after more than a year of lobbying and support from Representative James Comer, district Mayor Muriel Bowser, Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
The RFK Stadium land provision was part of Congress’ initial short-term spending bill Tuesday before it was torpedoed by US president-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the latter of whom amplified misinformation about the site on his social media platform X.
“We are extremely grateful that our elected officials have come together on a bipartisan basis to give Washington DC, the opportunity to decide on the future of the RFK Stadium site,” Harris said.
The US Senate passed a resolution to transfer the land including old RFK Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia.
