Now that DC has control of RFK, we have a great opportunity to develop that area to meet the community’s needs – but not if an NFL stadium is built there.  

Today, RFK is home to highly used recreational fields, a farmers’ market, a popular skate park, and a playground. Mayor Bowser, in her campaign to get an NFL stadium, has not committed to keeping any of these. Neighbors don’t want a hulking facility in their backyard, which will turn residential streets into dangerously busy thoroughfares, and bring noise, trash, and parking headaches.

At a time when half of Black DC households say they struggle to afford food, evictions are at a 10-year high, and Metro needs hundreds of millions, we should not turn over RFK to a billionaire. DC just gave Ted Leonsis $515 million for Capital One Arena.  How much money will the NFL demand from DC to subsidize a stadium?

Not surprisingly, polling shows residents overwhelmingly want housing and other neighborhood-focused amenities – not an NFL stadium.

Tell the Mayor and DC Council:  RFK should be developed for the community, not a billionaire’s playground!