White House says Commanders naming new stadium after Trump would be "beautiful"
CBSNews
Updated Sat, November 8, 2025
Under a deal announced in April between the team and the District of Columbia, the team will return to the nation's capital in a new stadium expected to cost nearly $4 billion. It will be built on the site of the RFK Stadium, where the team played for more than three decades when it won three Super Bowls in the 1980s and 1990s. The team moved to Landover in 1997.
President Joe Biden signed a bill late last year to transfer land, which included that old stadium, from the federal government to the city. While the stadium is located on federal land, the city was given permission by Congress in January to control the property for 99 years.
The deal, with the team contributing $2.7 billion and the city investing roughly $1.1 billion for the stadium, housing, green space and a sports complex on land bordering the Anacostia River, was approved by the D.C. City Council in September, and demolition has begun.
In July, Mr. Trump threatened to hold up the deal by insisting that the team change its name from the Commanders back to the Redskins, a name that was considered offensive to Native Americans. Despite the threat, the city council and the team were able to reach the framework of a deal a few days later.
White House says Commanders naming new stadium after Trump would be "beautiful"
Trump falsely claiming credit for the city reaching agreement with the Commanders' owners and wants the stadium named after him. That would deprive the city and the team of selling the naming rights to the stadium. |
