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The Washington Commanders will return to the site of RFK Stadium, where Joe Theismann became a household name.
It’s where the former NFL quarterback threw his first and last NFL pass. After moving from the nation’s capital to Landover, Maryland, in 1997, the Commanders are expected to return home in 2030.
“There’s an old saying that you can’t go home again. Commanders are showing that you can,” Theismann told Pak Gazette Digital in a recent interview.
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Former professional football player Joe Theismann reacts on the sidelines before the game between the Washington Commanders and the Arizona Cardinals at FedEx Field. (Tommy Gilligan/USA TODAY Sports)
President Donald Trump reportedly wants his name attached to the upcoming stadium. While the White House did not confirm such reports, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it would be a “beautiful name, since it was President Trump who made the reconstruction of the new stadium possible.”
Trump, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and team owner Josh Harris were in the Oval Office when the deal for the RFK Stadium site was announced. But Trump sparked controversy when he threatened to halt the team’s plans to build a new stadium in the nation’s capital if it didn’t reclaim its old Redskins nickname.
When asked about the possibility of Trump’s name being on the stadium, Theismann didn’t offer much.
(Left) A general view of fireworks as the American flag is displayed on the field before an NFL game between the Washington Commanders and the Seattle Seahawks at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on Nov. 2, 2025. (Right) President Donald Trump speaks during an event on drug prices in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, District of Columbia, on Nov. 6, 2025. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images; Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
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“President Trump is our president. Whatever happens in the future is between the commanders and the president, and it will be what it will be,” he said.
No matter what the stadium is called, Theismann sees the move as bringing together generations of Washington fans (past, present and future).
“It’s exciting. Josh is a guy who grew up as a Redskins fan at the time (a lot of the ownership is like that), and it’s exciting for them to come home too,” Theismann said. “I think those people who were Redskins fans and saw us play at RFK Stadium are also Commanders fans, and it will be nostalgic for them. It will be nostalgic for the fans to return to a stadium that will be there, where that place once was, where a lot of their childhood memories were so special.”
Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann (7) in action against the Miami Dolphins at RFK Stadium. (Malcolm Emmons/USA TODAY Sports)
The domed stadium will cost approximately $3.7 billion.
