If you build it, they may appear. But, before you build it, you must first knock it down.
The National Park Service made the announcement on Thursday that the dismantling of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., also known as RFK Stadium, had been approved.
This feels important. Can’t build a new facility without tearing the former a down. photograph. twitter.com/gbzwjf1avd
— JP Finlay ( @JPFinlayNBCS) May 2, 2024
This is a sad moment for those of us who watched the Redskins in their heyday at what was at one time the loudest facility in the group and the hardest solution to get in town. The group has been looking to travel up to D.C. for several years, counteracting that grief. Specifically, the group would like to return to their original site – RFK Stadium.
By 2021, city leaders claim they will demolish the crumbling RFK facility in an effort to save money rather than to delay Redskins ‘ plans to construct a new football stadium there. ( Jonathan Newton, via Getty Images )
Of course, that was n’t arise with the ancient, operate- down venue still there. So, the NPS approval opens the door to what might turn out to be a triumphant (? ) profit in the next two decades. The Commanders ‘ return to D. C. is arguably the less of the two things that needed to be done by tear-down RFK. The primary sticking point was Daniel Snyder, the much hated original owner.
There really is n’t a significant barrier to making the return happen, especially with RFK being planned to be destroyed and new, much better ownership in place.
The Commanders ‘ present facility, the many- reviled FedEx Field in Maryland, is regarded as one of the worst venues in the NFL. Despite that, all three local institutions – D. C., Maryland, and Virginia- are expected to pay for the right to sponsor the team’s new facility.
However, with innovative User Josh Harris a passionate lover of the group from his childhood days growing up in the D. C. place, there’s a strong possibility he’ll want to bring the group home.
