DC, Washington Commanders Announce New Stadium in Nation’s Capital

The project will need a vote by the DC Council, which is scheduled to take it up this summer. Approval is far from guaranteed.

A view of Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington on June 12, 2002. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The Washington Commanders and the District of Columbia announced on April 28 an agreement to have the NFL franchise move back to the nation’s capital.

The Commanders will play at the site of the defunct Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, which will be demolished. The team, formerly the Washington Redskins, played there between 1961 and 1996.