For the 70,000-seat stadium, the NFL team is putting up $2.7B, while D.C. has allocated $1.1B for infrastructure and a new public-use sports complex. And that doesn’t include the 8M SF of surrounding mixed-use development, likely bringing billions more in investment.

Like any massive development effort, the economic opportunities it will bring to businesses to secure contracts and generate revenue are substantial.

With this project, D.C. and Commanders leaders say they are focused on bringing those opportunities to the local community. And with the stadium planned to open in less than five years, those opportunities are beginning to emerge.

“Sometimes people get fixated on 2030. We all should be fixated on 2030, but these contracts are going out right now,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday at Bisnow’s RFK Stadium Palooza event.

“And I think the team is not just a willing partner in this but a great partner in this, in owning this shared vision that if we’re going to be spending this kind of money in the city, people who have worked here and invested here and built businesses here should be participating in that work,” Bowser added, speaking onstage at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

Last week, the mayor’s office unveiled a solicitation for an owner’s representative to guide it through the development process, providing “comprehensive project management, oversight, and coordination services” to the District.

“The primary goal is to safeguard the District’s interests while ensuring the timely, cost-effective, and compliant delivery of the entire project, with a critical and immediate focus on the Base Plan Scope of Work (BPSW) which includes the Commanders’ team office and stadium structure, parking garages, roads and other supporting infrastructure,” the solicitation says.

The contract is valued at $400K.

It is one of several RFK district solicitations the city plans to put out to businesses this fiscal year, projected to come in at $33.6M.

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