Obama administration to block new Redskins stadium over team's name: http://t.co/udFcWAyr8Z pic.twitter.com/JSSrpoUBMf
— The Hill (@thehill) July 2, 2015The Obama administration will likely block Washington, D.C., authorities from building a new stadium for the NFL's Washington Redskins because of objections to the team’s name.
The National Park Service (NPS) owns the land under the 54-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, a venue two miles east of the Capitol that hosted the Redskins from 1961 to 1996. Some city leaders want to demolish the current stadium and build a new one to lure the football team back from suburban Maryland.
But Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, whose department includes the NPS, told D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in April that, unless the Redskins change their name, the Obama administration would not work to accommodate construction of a new venue, according to The Washington Post.
OBAMA: LONG 'TO-DO' LIST BEFORE EXIT http://t.co/gq7u83AbfV
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) June 30, 2015
