{"id":1984539,"date":"2023-07-27T19:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-nfl-stadium-back-in-d-c-bipartisan-bill-may-get-it-done\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T19:41:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T23:41:36","slug":"an-nfl-stadium-back-in-d-c-bipartisan-bill-may-get-it-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-nfl-stadium-back-in-d-c-bipartisan-bill-may-get-it-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan bill aims to bring NFL stadium back to D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fan-nfl-stadium-back-in-d-c-bipartisan-bill-may-get-it-done%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<h2>Will America see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-closes-season-with-inspire-change-ad-football-is-over-but-systemic-racism-goes-on\/\" title=\"NFL Closes Season With \u2018Inspire Change\u2019 Ad: Football Is Over But \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019 Goes On\">professional football<\/a>\u2062 in the nation&#8217;s capital again?<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">A bipartisan Congressional bill might\u2064 make that happen and bring Washington&#8217;s team\u2064 back to\u200c the District.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">On Wednesday, Congressman James Comer \u200c(R-KY) introduced a co-sponsored bill titled, &#8220;The D.C. Robert F.\u200d Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Stadium\u2064 Campus Revitalization Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">&#8220;This\u2062 legislation is set \u200cto pave the \u200bway for \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">local officials<\/a> to create meaningful new jobs, add millions in city revenue, and\u200b transform the Anacostia River waterfront into a lively destination for all,&#8221; Comer said in a \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/07\/27\/comer-republican-dc-bill-rfk-stadium-commanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> given to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Comer, who is chairman \u2064of \u200dHouse Oversight, also emphasized that the &#8220;committee \u200dremains committed \u200bto\u200b working with Washington, D.C. officials to\u200b ensure a capital that is prosperous for residents and visitors for generations to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">The bill would transfer the existing RFK property\u2062 from \u2064the \u2062Secretary of Interior to the GSA.\u200c The \u200cGSA would then lease it to the \u200bcity of D.C. for 99 years with an option review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<h3>D.C. non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-nfl-stadium-back-in-d-c-bipartisan-bill-may-get-it-done\/\" title=\"Bipartisan bill aims to bring NFL stadium back to D.C.\">-voting delegate supports<\/a> the \u200bbill<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">D.C. non-voting delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) also\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-norton-introduce-the-d-c-robert-f-kennedy-memorial-stadium-campus-revitalization-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cosponsored<\/a> the bill and supported \u200bits\u200d speedy passage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">&#8220;The RFK\u200b site sits\u200b on underused federal land\u2062 in D.C. that could be redeveloped, generating tax\u200c revenue for D.C.,&#8221; \u2062Norton \u200csaid. &#8220;Neither the\u2064 Mayor nor the Council Chair \u2063opposes\u200c this bill, which would allow D.C. to put the site to productive use \u2014 a vast improvement on the current state of affairs. I look forward to \u2064working\u2064 with Chairman Comer to\u200c pass this bill as quickly \u2064as \u200dpossible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">RFK Stadium \u200cwas first built in \u20641961, originally called Washington, D.C., Stadium. It \u200bheld \u200bits\u2064 last event in 2017, but the Washington Redskins played their last game \u2063at \u200cRFK in 1996.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET \u2063THE \u200cDAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Now,\u2064 with the Washington Commanders sold to a new ownership group, federal officials hope that \u2064the \u2062team will come back to the district. While D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser \u200csuggested that the \u2064existing \u200bstadium \u200bwould be torn\u200c down, she remained confident a new one would be built in hopes of \u200cattracting D.C.&#8217;s NFL team.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">New owner Josh Harris, who grew up in \u2063the area, \u2062had previously \u2063expressed his \u2064appreciation \u2062for what RFK had\u200d to offer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">&#8220;We would love to have a stadium where\u200d the opposing \u200dplayers fear to come, and\u200b our fans love to come, and our players love \u200dto come and feel welcomed,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/07\/27\/comer-republican-dc-bill-rfk-stadium-commanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> after buying \u2064the \u200dteam. &#8220;That&#8217;s what I experienced at RFK \u2014 \u200cand whatever happens\u200c with the stadium, that&#8217;s the kind of \u2063stadium experience \u2064I want to create.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>introduced by Congressman James Comer to revive professional football in Washington&#8217;s capital. The bill, called &#8220;The D.C. RFK Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act,&#8221; aims to bring back the team to the District, offering hope for football enthusiasts in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1984540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}