Maryland General Assembly discussions regarding sports wagering in Maryland are heating up, and the thermostat was raised as the Washington Redskins’ reported interest in having a sports book at FedEx Field was formally broached.
At a House of Delegates Ways and Means Committee hearing Feb. 4 regarding proposed legislation allowing sports gambling in Maryland, a Redskins spokesman asked the Ways and Means Committee to include in that legislation (House Bill 225) a provision that would allow its sports venue, FedEx Field in Landover, Md., to have a sports book.
The Redskins representative noted that sports betting regulations already passed in Washington D.C., would allow for sports wagering at four sports venues there, including Capital One Arena, where the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards play, and at Nationals Park, where baseball’s World Series champion Washington Nationals play. The others are Audi Field and the Entertainment and Sports Arena.
