NFL’s Commanders ink US$3.8bil stadium deal for DC return

New home: Members of a demolition crew work at RFK Stadium in Washington. The Commanders franchise are to build a new stadium at the site where the team formerly played from 1961 to 1996. — AFP

WASHINGTON: After nearly three decades of playing in Maryland, the Washington Commanders are headed back to the District of Columbia (DC) to build a new home at the site of RFK Stadium, where the US National Football League ( L) club played until the mid-1990s.

The cost of the new 65,000-seat stadium will be upwards of about US$3.8bil, according to a statement.