At a time when the Chiefs are preparing to leave Kansas City, Missouri, for Kansas City, Kansas, the Browns are preparing to leave Cleveland for Brook Park, Ohio, and the Bears are preparing to leave Chicago for a suburban site in either Illinois or Indiana, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro says there's no chance of the Eagles leaving the city of Philadelphia.
The Eagles said in a letter to season ticket holders that they may leave Lincoln Financial Field for “the possibility of a brand new stadium in the region," but Shapiro insists that the only place in "the region" the Eagles will play is Philadelphia.
“Here’s what I can tell you for sure: It’s going to be in the city of Philadelphia,” Shapiro said, via TheAthletic.com. “And we’ll work with the Eagles once they determine what it is that they’re interested in doing. But I appreciate the thoughtful and deliberative approach that they’ve taken to this process.”
Shapiro can't actually stop the Eagles from moving out of the city, but NFL teams rarely build new stadiums without the help of either direct taxpayer funds or taxpayer-funded infrastructure, and that would give Shapiro a lot of influence over any stadium plans.
“The Eagles organization is thinking about what they want for the future, and we know that the future is going to be here in Philadelphia,” Shapiro said. “They’re going to think about what they want as a home for the next 30, 40, 50 years, and then we’ll have a conversation when they’re ready to have it.”
Shapiro doesn't sound interested in a conversation about any home for the Eagles other than Philadelphia.
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