The proposed D.C. stadium deal pits money vs. reason. Guess who wins.
Sometime this summer, the D.C. Council will decide whether the Washington Commanders come home to the RFK Stadium site along the Anacostia River. They must choose between two large and vocal factions:
In one corner, the National Football League, the Commanders, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, President Donald Trump, much of Congress, football fans within and outside the District, a solid majority of D.C. residents, and the city's hospitality, construction and retail industries. In the other, economists who say public funding of football stadiums is a loser's bet, activists who contend that the city's tax dollars are better spent on other priorities, and neighborhood residents who prefer more housing and retail over a stadium and massive parking lots.
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