Report: Trump Expresses Interest in Naming Rights for New Commanders Stadium

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According to a report released on Saturday, President Trump is advocating for the new $3.7 billion stadium of the Washington Commanders to bear his name.

“It’s what the president desires, and it’s likely to come to fruition,” an insider revealed to ESPN.

While the White House did not officially confirm these claims, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hinted that the proposed name has an appealing sound to it.

The Commanders and Washington have finalized an agreement to construct the stadium at the RFK Stadium site, part of a project nearing $4 billion.

“Such a name would indeed be magnificent, as it was President Trump who facilitated the stadium’s reconstruction,” Leavitt commented in a statement to The Hill on Saturday.

The two will discuss the new stadium’s name then, according to ESPN.

“The team doesn’t have the authority. They can’t name the stadium … on their own,” one of the sport outlet’s sources said.

“The city would be involved in that decision, and the Park Service would be involved,” they added.

The Commanders did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment on the matter.

The team is slated to return to the grounds of the old Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium, which sits on federal land in Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood. Although the site is managed by the National Park Service, Congress passed a law last year granting the district’s local leaders control over the stadium’s redevelopment.

The D.C. Council in September voted 11-2 to approve the NFL team’s return to the nation’s capital after playing in Landover, Md., for the past 28 years.

Republicans in the House advocated for the expedited approval of redevelopment plans for the stadium over the summer and recently introduced a measure to ensure that all D.C. Council legislation undergoes a 60-day congressional review period prior to its passage, while preventing council members from passing bills that are similar to measures disapproved by Congress.