Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is using a portion of the $1.6 billion the county is receiving from the state this year to invest in the area surrounding FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, she told reporters during a call Wednesday discussing the most recent state legislative session.

The county’s plan includes a total of $17.6 million that would go toward infrastructure improvements along the Blue Line corridor — which follows Central Avenue from the D.C. border to Largo, Maryland.

Alsobrooks said she “expects great things to happen” along this corridor: “One of them may have to do with a sports and entertainment destination called the Washington Football Team,” she said. “So we’re preparing to fight and … make that pitch.”

She envisions the stadium as a year-round destination with restaurants and places to shop, not just a location where the football team plays. “This will be a premier sports and entertainment destination,” she said.

Alsobrooks said she is hoping the Washington Football Team would bring its practice facility and corporate headquarters to the county — creating a “whole complex” around FedEx Field, where other teams could also play.

The state legislature recently voted to legalize sports betting, which, if approved by Gov. Larry Hogan, will go into effect on June 1. Alsobrooks said the measure would hopefully incentivize the Washington Football Team to remain in Maryland.

Team owner Dan Snyder reportedly wants to move the team to the old RFK Stadium site in D.C., though Maryland officials are working to prevent a move. In October, Hogan expressed his desire to keep the team in Maryland, telling NBC Sports Washington, “We don’t want to lose the team out of the state, and we’re going to fight hard to make sure that we keep them here.”

Alsobrooks hopes the investments will not only keep the team in Prince George’s, but will also assist the county’s residents who’ve been hard-hit by the pandemic. In total, the incoming $1.6 billion in state aid is $35 million more than the county received in 2020, she said.

$24 million will go towards renovating the community college, while another $11 million will fund the construction of a new amphitheater in Largo.

Alsobrooks also plans to invest in food access, continuing the fight for greater access to healthy food so residents don’t have to travel outside the county for groceries. Earlier this year, she backed legislation to make alcohol sales legal at Prince George’s and state grocery stores, an incentive for bringing grocers to the county. The bill failed, but lawmakers plan to reintroduce it next year.

“We have literally gone to businesses to ask them to take a look at us and to consider bringing their restaurants to us, to bring their grocers to us,” Alsobrooks said during the call. “I have really taken a very hands-on approach to solving the issue.”

Overall, the investments will help address disparities in health care, housing, and employment that were unearthed in the majority-Black jurisdiction during the pandemic, she added.

“The aid that we were able to bring back from the state will aid us tremendously as we continue to recover,” Alsobrooks said. “But we also will continue the momentum that we developed even prior to the pandemic.”

Dominique Maria Bonessi contributed reporting.