Overview
- The D.C. Office of Planning published an 89‑page draft on Tuesday that frames a 65,000‑seat, roughly $3.7 billion Commanders stadium with a targeted opening by 2030.
- The plan calls for about 5,500–6,600 homes with at least 30 percent set aside as affordable housing and adds roughly 60 acres of parks plus a public indoor sports facility.
- City and team financing steps are advancing with D.C. committing about $1 billion for site preparation and a planned sale of stadium seating rights up to $975 million to help pay construction costs.
- Planners cut on‑site parking to 6,000 deck spaces plus 2,000 temporary surface spots and propose transit work that includes a $300 million allocation to expand Stadium‑Armory and a proposed Gold Line bus rapid transit on H Street/Benning Road.
- The draft opens a formal public comment period through Aug. 14, after which the Office of Planning will revise the plan and send it to the D.C. Council this fall for possible adoption and zoning changes that will drive phased development through 2040.