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FedExField

FedExField
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Former names Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (September 1997–November 1999)
Address 1600 FedEx Way
Location Landover, Maryland
Coordinates 38°54′28″N 76°51′52″W / 38.90778°N 76.86444°W / 38.90778; -76.86444Coordinates: 38°54′28″N 76°51′52″W / 38.90778°N 76.86444°W / 38.90778; -76.86444
Public transit Morgan Boulevard Station
Blue Line Blue Line Silver Line Silver Line
Owner Daniel Snyder
Operator Washington Redskins
Executive suites 243
Capacity 82,000 (2015–present)
79,000 (2012–2015)
83,000 (2011)
91,704 (2009–2010)
91,665 (2004–2008)
86,484 (2001–2003)
85,407 (2000)
80,116 (1997–1999)
Surface Latitude 36 Bermuda Grass
Construction
Broke ground March 13, 1996
Opened September 14, 1997
Renovated 2011, 2012
Expanded 1998, 2000, 2005
Construction cost $250.5 million
($374 million in 2017 dollars)
Architect Populous (then HOK Sport)
Structural engineer Bliss & Nyitray, Inc
Services engineer M-E Engineers, Inc.
General contractor Clark Construction
Main contractors Driggs Construction Co.
Tenants
Washington Redskins (NFL) (1997–present)

FedExField (originally Jack Kent Cooke Stadium) is a football stadium located in Landover, Maryland near the Capital Beltway (I-495) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, near the site of the old Capital Centre (later called USAir Arena in 1993 and US Airways Arena in 1996). FedExField is the home of the Washington Redskins football team. From 2004 until 2010, it had the largest stadium capacity in the National Football League (NFL), at over 91,000. Currently, the capacity is 82,000.

FedExField was built as a replacement for the Redskins' prior venue, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. 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 from the first names of Cooke's sons – "Ralph" and "John". 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. This ended when Daniel Snyder bought the Redskins from the Cooke estate, and the Redskins now give the stadium's address as Landover.


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