Scoop: Trump plans to announce D.C. will host 2027 NFL Draft

President Trump plans to announce Monday that Washington, D.C., will host the 2027 NFL Draft, with the aim of holding it on the National Mall, Axios has learned.The announcement is expected to be made with National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris at the White House, two sources familiar with the plan tell Axios.Driving the news: It comes days after the Commanders and D.C. officials announced a plan to bring the team back to the city with a new domed stadium on the site of the old RFK stadium. The team has played in suburban Prince George's County, Maryland, for nearly three decades at a stadium built by former team owner Jack Kent Cooke.Zoom in: The new stadium at the old RFK site is tentatively scheduled to open in 2030, but needs to be approved by the D.C. Council.It would be part of a massive $3.7 billion redevelopment project that would include the 65,00-seat domed stadium, 6,000 homes and an entertainment district.The project was unveiled by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the team last week. The Commanders would pay $2.7 billion for the stadium, with $1 billion in taxpayer dollars used to build infrastructure on the site. Bowser wants the D.C. Council to approve the project by July 15. The council's approval isn't assured — Council Chair Phil Mendelson is deeply skeptical of using public funds for the project.The intrigue: If the D.C. Council kills the project, the Trump administration hypothetically could pick it up.Congress gave the District long-term authority over the federally owned RFK site last December. It could retake it if Trump were to become personally invested in getting a stadium done.Trump has embraced the NFL to help motivate his political base and has praised the plan to have Washington's team return to its roots in the city.He has celebrated the stadium plan on social media, saying "the new Stadium Deal is a HUGE WIN for Washington, D.C."Zoom out: The NFL has made a spectacle of its three-day player draft in recent years, rotating the event among cities where its teams are based.This year's draft was in Green Bay, Wis., and next year's will begin on April 23 in Pittsburgh.

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