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The franchise is in the process of weighing its options for a
new stadium to replace FedEx Field in Landover, Md. The team has
considered potential sites in Northern Virginia, Maryland and
the District of Columbia, but ESPN reported that Virginia was
its preferred site for now.
NBC Sports Washington reported that the land is Woodbridge, Va.,
situated just off Interstate 95.
The team moved out of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium and
into FedEx Field in 1997. FedEx Field has been widely panned as
one of the least enjoyable stadiums in the NFL, and the
Commanders' contract to play there expires in 2026.
The Commanders' team headquarters are in Ashburn, Va., and they
hold their training camp in the state capital of Richmond.
Budget negotiators in the Virginia state legislature have agreed
to cap Commanders stadium bonds at $350 million, far less than
an initial estimate earlier in the spring of $1 billion.
Also potentially complicating matters: Virginia attorney general
Jason Miyares launched an investigation into the team's business
practices last month in response to evidence that may show owner
Daniel Snyder engaged in financial improprieties while running
the team.
The House Oversight & Reform Committee told the Federal Trade
Commission in a letter last month that it had obtained evidence
that Snyder "may have engaged in a troubling, long-running, and
potentially unlawful pattern of financial conduct" that took
advantage of the team's fans.
--Field Level Media
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