President Joe Biden signed a bill on Jan. 6 to transfer control of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia, paving the way for a possible new stadium for the National Football League’s Washington Commanders.
The bill overwhelmingly passed the House in February 2024 and in the Senate last month.
The legislation prohibits the use of federal funds in transferring control of the 174-acre stadium campus as the District of Columbia will be responsible for all costs related to the transfer in addition to fulfilling certain conditions such as doing a boundary survey of the area….