Things are looking up for the new stadium.

This week the D.C. Council approved the stadium lease, and today we find that the D.C. Court of Appeals has ruled that the city can move forward and take the lands necessary to build the stadium. According to WTOP, the court ruled that it was in no place to question the city’s use of its eminent domain powers to take the land and that the city’s estimates of the land value were made in good faith.

A number of landowners in Southeast had challenged the use of eminent domain to take their land and property, claiming that they weren’t being offered enough to pick up and leave. Robert Siegal, who owns three parcels of land, 11 vacant lots, and runs the gay nightclubs that populate the area, was the main critic of the city’s plans.

A hearing has been set for February 24 to determine when the landowners have to vacate the land’s to allow for construction to begin. The team in charge of the stadium’s construction has told the city that it would like to begin prepping the lands on March 1.

The Washington Sculpture Center, pictured above, will be cleared away to make way for the new stadium. More info on the redevelopment of the area can be found at JDLand.