Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is downplaying President Trump’s “Redskins” demand, saying that she’s “focused” on closing the $3.7 billion stadium deal for the city’s football team.
The Washington Commanders football team, formerly called the Redskins, is awaiting the D.C. Council’s approval of a $3.7 billion stadium deal, for which the team is contributing $2.7 billion, ESPN reported. The council is set to hold hearings on the deal on July 29-30, but a vote has not been scheduled.
The team’s stadium moved from the city to its current location in Maryland in 1997.
Trump said on Sunday, “I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’ I won’t make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington.”
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