So Washington D.C. officials are trying to lure the Redskins back from Landover, Maryland? They're promising a new stadium to be built at the same location of old RFK, once the Nationals and D.C. United soccer team are gone? That's great. Only one little problem. FedEx Field is less than a decade old. No way this happens. Right?
The euphoria of getting the Washington Nationals baseball team appears to have city officials giddy with ambition. Their next goal: Bring back the Washington Redskins.
D.C. Sports & Entertainment Commission Chairman Mark Tuohey and Mayor Tony Williams plan to meet with Redskins owner Dan Snyder to discuss bringing the team back to RFK Stadium.
We are going to talk to him to see what his interests are," Tuohey says.
RFK Stadium's two tenants -- the Nationals, whose new stadium got under way this week, and D.C. United -- are leaving, and the vacated site could be the perfect space to build a new stadium.
A date to meet with Snyder has not been set, but Tuohey hopes to discuss the idea before the end of the summer.
If the prospect of a new stadium to replace the nine-year-old FedEx Field in Landover has any merit in Snyder's mind, the Redskins aren't letting on.
"Why would you sit down with a mayor who's about to leave office?" says team spokesman Karl Swanson. "We are not meeting with anybody. I don't know why we would."
D.C. Sports & Entertainment Commission Chairman Mark Tuohey and Mayor Tony Williams plan to meet with Redskins owner Dan Snyder to discuss bringing the team back to RFK Stadium.
We are going to talk to him to see what his interests are," Tuohey says.
RFK Stadium's two tenants -- the Nationals, whose new stadium got under way this week, and D.C. United -- are leaving, and the vacated site could be the perfect space to build a new stadium.
A date to meet with Snyder has not been set, but Tuohey hopes to discuss the idea before the end of the summer.
If the prospect of a new stadium to replace the nine-year-old FedEx Field in Landover has any merit in Snyder's mind, the Redskins aren't letting on.
"Why would you sit down with a mayor who's about to leave office?" says team spokesman Karl Swanson. "We are not meeting with anybody. I don't know why we would."