District officials have hired a consulting firm to help get the franchise back in the city.
Josh Harris, who is the majority owner of the National Football League’s Washington Commanders franchise, has to be happy with the possibility of three municipal entities ready to roll out the red carpet to entice him to build a football venue in Maryland or in Virginia or in Washington, D. C. According to a report from the Washington Business Journal, the city of Washington has agreed to pay $565,000 to an affiliate of ASM Global, to do a study that will include ways to develop a stadium site which in the district’s case will be the site of the old D. C. Stadium as well as identifying potential revenue sources that will include an evaluation of possible local, regional and federal funding sources. …