The team led the NFL in attendance in 2000 and every year between 20. The December 30, 2007, 27–6 win against the Dallas Cowboys was the most-watched game in franchise history, with 90,910 fans in the stands to see Washington clinch a playoff spot. In 2005 the team drew a record 716,998 fans overall. įrom 2004 to 2010, Washington’s fans set the NFL regular-season home paid attendance records. The stadium's sellout streak, excluding premium seating, dates to 1965, eight years before the new blackout rules were implemented). Īlthough the team has never sold out the entire stadium, the team has not had a game blacked out on local television since 1972 when home game broadcasts were banned outright because it does not count premium club level seating when calculating sellouts. The waiting list for season tickets was reportedly over 160,000 names long however, The Washington Post reported in 2009 that ticket office employees improperly sold tickets directly to ticket brokers for several years before the practice was discovered that year.

Ī special exit, Exit 16 (Arena Drive), was built from Interstate 495, also known as the Capital Beltway.Īfter Snyder's purchase, the stadium's naming rights were sold to FedEx in November 1999 for an average of $7.6 million per year. This ended when Daniel Snyder bought the team from the Cooke estate, and the team now gives the stadium's address as Landover. Notably, Cooke was able to register Raljon with the United States Postal Service as a legal alternate address for the 20785 ZIP code of Landover, Maryland, where the stadium is located, and went to some lengths to require media to use Raljon in datelines from the stadium. The stadium opened in 1997 as Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, in honor of the recently deceased owner of the team, and the stadium site was known as Raljon from the first names of Cooke's sons – 'Ralph' and 'John'. The land was previously Wilson dairy farm. Lack of parking facilities and support prompted a second site selection. In 1994, Jack Kent Cooke sought to build a new stadium on the grounds adjacent to Laurel Park Racecourse along Whiskey Bottom and Brock Bridge roads. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. History 20th century Redskins fans at FedExField in 2005įedExField was built as a replacement for Washington's prior venue, Robert F. FedExField is in the Summerfield census-designated place and has a Landover postal address. From 2004 until 2010, it had the largest seating capacity in the NFL at over 91,000. The stadium is the home of the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Washington Commanders ( NFL) (1997–present)įedExField (originally Jack Kent Cooke Stadium) is an American football stadium located in Summerfield, Maryland, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Washington, D.C.

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