Gov. Larry Hogan says Maryland would like to keep the Washington Commanders in the state, but it will not 鈥済et in a bidding war鈥� to build a new stadium for the NFL franchise.
Hogan made the comments Tuesday in Annapolis in response to a reporter鈥檚 question at a press conference on a new workforce development initiative for state jobs.
鈥淚 think [the Commanders are] using everyone back and forth as they have been for eight years. They鈥檙e negotiating, pitting everyone against each other,鈥� said Hogan, suggesting the Commanders are setting Maryland, D.C. and Virginia against one another to get a better stadium deal. 鈥淏ut we鈥檙e not going to get in a bidding war over them and we鈥檙e not going to be proposing $1.2 billion for them to build a new stadium. If Virginia wants to do that and they want to go to Virginia, I would say 鈥榞ood luck.鈥欌��
The $1.2 billion figure is a nod to legislation in Virginia through which a state stadium authority would be authorized to sell鈥�
