PRESIDENT Donald Trump wants a new $3.7bn stadium named after him, it has been claimed.
ESPN first reported news of the President’s apparent wish.
And the outlet claimed that “it will probably happen” for Trump.
The Washington Commanders are set to relocate from FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland back to the nation’s capital.
The team unveiled plans to build a stunning new complex on the site of the existing RFK Stadium.
The current structure has been unused since the Commanders left in 1996.
And it will be demolished to make way for the Commanders’ new stadium.
According to ESPN, the President has had back-channel communications with a member of the team’s ownership group.
“That would be a beautiful name,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an email to ESPN.
“It was President Trump who made the rebuilding of the new stadium possible.”
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A source was also quoted as saying, “It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen.”
But the Washington Commanders declined to comment to ESPN.
The ESPN source added, “The team doesn’t have the authority. They can’t name the stadium on their own.
“The city would be involved in that decision, and the Park Service would be involved.”
Trump is due to be at the Commanders’ game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
It will be the first NFL game of the season the President has attended.
He will be in Commanders owner Josh Harris’ box on Veterans Day.
Trump earlier this year threatened to intervene if the Commanders didn’t change their name back to the Redskins.
He wrote on social media, “I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders.’
“I won’t make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington.”
The Commanders later confirmed their plans to move back to the nation’s capital from the current FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.
The Pentagon also announced this week that military members would not be allowed to participate in the NFL’s Veterans Day activities.
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According to The Washington Post, the Department of War cited a lack of funding due to the government shutdown as the reason to ban military members from the NFL’s honorary festivities.
The directive halts all military appearances including flyovers, military bands, color guards, and ceremonial units.
