The Washington Commanders could soon see kickoff take place in the heart of the nation’s capital.

The government funding deal unveiled by congressional negotiators on Tuesday paved the way for moving the Commanders' stadium from Maryland, to Washington, D.C., a development that local officials are touting as a big win for the city.

The legislation — which lawmakers rolled out ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline — includes a provision that transfers jurisdiction of the site of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus, the defunct venue in the Northeast part of the city, from the federal government to the city of D.C. for 99 years.

That would make it possible for the Commanders to negotiate the construction of a new stadium where the RFK Stadium is currently located.

The Commanders played at RFK Stadium between1961 and 1996, before........

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