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Councilmember Muriel Bowser will hold two hearings on the proposed D.C. United soccer stadium this week in the two Wards directly affected by the proposed deal.

Wednesday’s hearing will be held at Ward 1’s municipal Reeves Center, which D.C. would trade with developer Akridge for the majority of the land needed for the new stadium. Thursday’s will be held at the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs building, located about a mile from Buzzard Point, the planned location for D.C. United’s new stadium.

“To date, the plans for a new soccer stadium have been developed and driven by the government, not the communities that will be impacted once, and if, they are approved,” Bowser, a mayoral candidate and chair of the Economic Development Committee, said in a release. “Neighbors near the Reeves Center and near the proposed stadium site in Southwest have unanswered questions. These hearings offer a chance to bring everyone to the table in a public forum with the expectation that Administration officials will have the answers.”

Among these questions, according to Bowser, are what the Reeves Center will become and what impact the new stadium will have for the Southwest neighborhood. The proposed deal involves land swaps and tax incentives, which would fund D.C.’s $150 million commitment to the $300 million plan.

Bowser and Councilmember Tommy Wells of Ward 6 will tour the site today at 4 p.m. The Reeves Center hearing will begin at 6 p.m., and the hearing at DCRA will begin at 7 p.m.