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FedEx Field


FedEx Field

FedEx Field is the home stadium of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.

About FedEx Field

Name: FedEx Field
Opened: September 14, 1997
Location: Landover, MD
Surface: Grass
Capacity: 82,000

FedEx Field was built as a replacement for the Redskins' prior venue, RFK Stadium. 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. Lack of parking facilities and support prompted a second site selection.

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. Before the stadium was built, the Wilson Farm was there. The name Raljon is a portmanteau of Jack Kent Cooke's sons' first names - Ralph and John.

Notably, Cooke was even able to register Raljon with the United States Postal Service as a legal alternate address for the 20785 zip code of Landover, Maryland, in which the stadium is located, and went to some lengths to require media to use Raljon in datelines from the stadium.

After the team and stadium were purchased by Daniel Snyder, the naming rights were sold to the FedEx corporation in November 1999 for an average of $7.6 million per year.

The December 30, 2007, 27–6 win against the Dallas Cowboys was the most watched game in Redskins history, with 90,910 fans in the stands to see Washington clinch a playoff spot.

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