According to ESPN, President Trump wants the Washington Commanders to name their new stadium after him.
The Commanders plan to construct a $3.7 billion domed stadium in the nation’s capital.
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2026, with the stadium’s estimated opening to be in 2030.
The outlet reports that a “senior White House source” said there have been communications with a member of the Commanders’ ownership group about Trump’s interest in having the stadium bear his name.
“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.
President Donald Trump wants the Washington Commanders to name their planned $3.7 billion stadium after him, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN. pic.twitter.com/LSu86wehGg
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 8, 2025
ESPN has more:
Leavitt declined to answer additional questions, but the senior White House source told ESPN: “It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen.”
A Commanders spokesperson declined comment Saturday. However, a team source said the organization has spent days preparing for Trump’s attendance at the Commanders’ home game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday afternoon. Trump will attend the game as Harris’ guest and is expected to participate in halftime activities honoring the military.
The team source said that while the Commanders anticipate possible conversations with Trump about the new stadium during the game, there have been no formal conversations to date.
The Commanders own the new stadium’s naming rights, presumably to be sold to a corporate sponsor. But a source with firsthand knowledge of the process said that would be a separate decision from also commemorating an individual in the stadium name.
That decision would likely rest with the District of Columbia Council, which will lease the stadium to the Commanders, and the National Park Service, which manages the federal government land on the old RFK Stadium site where the new stadium will be built in time for its scheduled opening in 2030.
Washington used RFK Stadium as its home site from 1961 to 1996, winning three Super Bowls in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Commanders currently play their home games at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
President Trump would like the Commanders’ new stadium named after him, though no formal talks have occurred, ESPN reported. Trump will be in attendance at the team’s game on Sunday — the Commanders expect the topic may arise during his visit. https://t.co/SY1c2bBC4F
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 8, 2025
The Hill noted:
The team is slated to return to the grounds of the old Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium, which sits on federal land in Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood. Although the site is managed by the National Park Service, Congress passed a law last year granting the district’s local leaders control over the stadium’s redevelopment.
The D.C. Council in September voted 11-2 to approve the NFL team’s return to the nation’s capital after playing in Landover, Md., for the past 28 years.
ADVERTISEMENTRepublicans in the House advocated for the expedited approval of redevelopment plans for the stadium over the summer and recently introduced a measure to ensure that all D.C. Council legislation undergoes a 60-day congressional review period prior to its passage, while preventing council members from passing bills that are similar to measures disapproved by Congress.
