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Offline mitlen

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Re: Sports Books to Open at Nats Park?
« Reply #75: December 04, 2018, 06:59:54 PM »
One interesting exchange during the Council meeting was over the RFK site. The bill names RFK as one of the five stadium sites to get the initial licences, but it's on Federal land so the city can't override the US government's ban on gambling on their property. The assumption being made is that the city is working with the Feds to take ownership of the site prior to the return of the Redskins to DC.

Weren't there discussions several years ago about a DC/Fed swap involving the RFK land?    IIRC the locals didn't wanna jeopardize Langston and over-developing the "neighborhood".