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Daily Slop - 30 Apr 25 - With mid-July deadline for approval, Commanders stadium deal now faces a tough D.C. political fight

The mayor and the team need a majority of the D.C. Council to agree — and lawmakers remain far from united on the deal, which is expected to cost taxpayers more than $1 billion.

Architects of a $3.7 billion deal to bring the Washington Commanders to the RFK Stadium site have framed the team’s return to D.C. as almost inevitable.

But Bowser and the team need a majority of the D.C. Council to agree — and lawmakers remain far from united on the deal, which is expected to cost D.C. taxpayers more than $1 billion.