The Redskins Training Facility is frequently thrown into the bucket of the Dwight Jones administration’s boondoggles along with Shockoe Bottom Stadium and Stone Brewing. The general public perceives those type of deals as city government giving away parts of Richmond, reciprocated by alleged promises of a return on an investment that never materializes. While Berry was not involved with the inner workings of the Redskins Training Facility, he spoke in favor of the project. This raises the question if, as mayor, would he be able to understand how proposals impact all citizens of Richmond and make decisions that are beneficial to everyone across all nine districts?

In the same WRIR interview, Berry criticized the deal that was struck with the Redskins. He said, “I can’t imagine a deal, why anybody would do a deal where the landlord is paying the tenant to use his property. Why are we subsidizing the Redskins to come down here every year?” For Berry’s criticism to be true, when he spoke in favor of the facility at the November 2012 City Council meeting, he was either unaware of how the deal was structured or he spoke in favor of a bad deal.