On the field, the Washington Commanders are focused on another upset this weekend as they look to make an improbable run at the Super Bowl. But off the field, lawmakers are still focused on where the team will play in the future.
During a meeting with members of the Prince George’s County delegation in Annapolis, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-4th) said he recently met with the Commanders’ ownership group to discuss the team’s vision for the Northwest Stadium site.
“I told them my hope would be that there’d be more entities in the proposal that would have economic development potential than what they brought,” Ivey said at the meeting. “I think we need a little bit more vision, frankly, from the (Josh) Harris team, as to what the possibilities are.”
For Ivey, that wasn’t criticism of the organization, but a call for colleagues at the state and local level to get more involved in crafting a vision for the plot of land, whether it includes a stadium or not.
“There’s a chance to bring together a lot of people from a lot of different sectors who want to move in the same direction and really make this into a first-class destination site, like we have at National Harbor,” Ivey told WTOP. “Wouldn’t be exactly the same, but it would be a standout destination in the mid-Atlantic region.”
