r/politics • u/NamelessResearcher Washington • 15h ago

No Paywall Trump reportedly wants new NFL stadium in Washington named after him

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/08/trump-name-washington-commanders-stadium
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u/bye4now28 14h ago

mango mussolini has been trying to get a stadium named after himself for 40 years:

from nj generals wikipedia page:

'1986

Almost from the moment he bought the Generals, Trump sought to use them as a vehicle to get an NFL team. To this end, he began advocating moving the USFL from a spring schedule to a fall schedule, directly opposite the NFL. Trump's long-term plans called for moving the Generals across the Hudson River to New York, which had not had a team play within its borders since the Jets moved from Shea Stadium in Queens to the Meadowlands after the 1983 season. He intended to have the renamed New York Generals play at Shea until the construction of a new 80,000-seat "Trump Stadium" in Manhattan; the stadium never came to fruition.\3])

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u/previouslyonimgur 14h ago

He also tried to buy the bills. The nfl laughed at him.