Commanders owner Josh Harris says Redskins name won't return with new stadium: 'Not looking back'

Washington Commanders managing spouse Josh Harris is acceptable to bring the squad backmost to the Washington, D.C., area. 

However, the team’s sanction is present to stay. 

The Commanders leaned connected nostalgia with their video announcing their statement to physique a caller stadium connected the tract of the aged RFK Stadium successful Washington, having Super Bowl-winning backmost Joe Theismann narrating the video. 

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Washington Commanders proprietor Josh Harris stands connected the tract anterior to the crippled against the Dallas Cowboys astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Maryland, connected Nov. 24, 2024. (Geoff Burke-Imagn Images)

However, the sanction Redskins volition not beryllium making a return, arsenic Harris explained arsenic overmuch to Bret Baier connected "Special Report."

"The Commanders’ sanction really has taken connected an astonishing benignant of constituent successful our building," Harris responded to Baier’s question astir the Redskins sanction coming backmost arsenic portion of this caller stadium deal. "So, the radical that definite types of players that are tough, that emotion football, are delegated Commanders and Jayden [Daniels], for example, is simply a Commander, and they're ranked. 

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"And, you know, the concern unit has gotten into it, and obviously, we're successful a subject metropolis here. There's much subject unit than anyplace else, truthful we're benignant of moving guardant with the Commanders name, excited astir that, and not looking back."

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the District of Columbia government and Commanders executives reached a woody to instrumentality to the tract of RFK Stadium, which is present pending D.C. City Council approval. 

Congressional lawmakers supported Harris going backmost to the aged stadium tract connected the information that the squad and NFL would grant the aged Redskins logo. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said helium would enactment the enactment going guardant with its program aft "good religion negotiations" with some entities.

Washington Commanders controlling proprietor Josh Harris, from left, signs a helmet on with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, aft an announcement astir a caller location for the NFL shot squad connected the tract of the aged RFK Stadium connected Monday, April 28, 2025 astatine the National Press Club successful Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

"We were calling retired leaders successful lawsuit of really, woke gone wrong," Daines said successful November. "The irony that they were canceling Native American civilization arsenic the DEI question went mode excessively far. This is honoring a Blackfeet main who was calved successful Montana. He is highly esteemed. The Blackfeet people of Montana, their existent president and tribal assembly signed a missive successful beardown enactment to bring the logo back. It honors Indian Country. 

"We person bully discussions with the NFL and with the Commanders. There’s bully religion successful negotiations going guardant that’s going to let this logo to beryllium utilized again. Perhaps revenues going to a instauration that could assistance Native Americans successful sports and truthful forth. We’re making bully advancement and, based connected the bully religion negotiations, I made a determination to enactment this measure yesterday successful the committee."

Harris told Baier that the anticipation is that operation volition commencement connected tract successful 2027, with opening time targeted for 2030. 

Washington Commanders proprietor Josh Harris looks connected from the sidelines anterior to a crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine FedExField connected Dec. 31, 2023 successful Landover, Maryland. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

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Baier besides asked if RFK Stadium volition stay the sanction contempt it being a caller stadium. 

"We’re going to get arsenic adjacent to our practice arsenic we can, right? So, I deliberation that sanction should beryllium a portion of it," Harris replied. 

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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