Harris received good news Wednesday when the House of Representatives passed a bill that would lease crumbling RFK Stadium, which sits on federal land, to the District at no cost for 99 years.
That should kick start the lobbying that is already taking place about who should pay for such a stadium and how. It could get ugly, as there remains a deep divide between Mayor Muriel Bowser, who supports a new Commanders stadium in the city, and the D.C. Council, led by chairman Phil Mendelsohn, over those plans for the land.
The debate from the nearby RFK neighborhoods could get even uglier, as community leaders have let it be known they want the land to be used for recreational purposes and are opposed to any new stadium.