The National Park Service has deemed the long-vacant Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium eligible for demolition after an environmental study on the action determined there would be “no significant effect on the human environment.”
The nearly 62-year-old tattered former home of the Washington Commanders hasn’t hosted the team in 27 years, and no team has used the stadium in five years.
The environmental study acknowledged that demolition would generate emissions but that once “demolition is complete, the site will not generate air emissions until it is developed further; even then, the future use of the site will likely not generate the level of air emissions that visitors to the stadium had previously.”
A February bill, passed by the House and awaiting Senate approval, aims to transfer administrative jurisdiction to the District of Columbia, “so that the District may use the Campus for purposes including residential and commercial development, and for other purposes.”
NPS will have to issue a permit to D.C. for it to demolish the stadium and make way for the Commanders to move back to the district.
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The then-Washington Redskins beat the Dallas Cowboys in 1996 in their final game at the stadium and have not been back to the District since.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has previously outlined her plans for the stadium, which include a new indoor sports complex that will “turn the RFK Campus into the premier destination for training, learning, clubs, tournaments, and competitions.”
