President Trump wants new Commanders stadium to be named after him [View all]
Source: NBC Sports
This one was inevitable.
Don Van Natta Jr. and Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports that President Donald Trump wants the Commanders to name their forthcoming D.C. stadium after him.
The possibility was percolating throughout the political maneuvering to get the deal done. And given that he has previously demanded that the franchise “IMMEDIATELY” restore the name it abandoned more than five years ago, naming the stadium after him could be viewed as a more-than-acceptable compromise.
“That would be a beautiful name, as it was President Trump who made the rebuilding of the new stadium possible,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told ESPN by email.
An unnamed White House source told ESPN that the naming of the stadium after the president “will probably happen.”
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