Not For Tourists Guide to Washington DC 2016 by Not for Tourists

Author:Not for Tourists
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Not For Tourists
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Sports • FedEx Field

General Information

Address: 1600 FedEx Wy

Landover, MD 20785

Redskins Website: www.redskins.com

FedEx Field www.redskins.com/fedexfield/index.html

Website: sports/fedexfield/

Stadium Admin: 301-276-6000

Ticket Office: 301-276-6050

Overview

No city is more infatuated with its football team than Washington is with the Redskins, even in the off-season. Summer after summer, the team’s front office has put together a line-up it claims will march straight to the Super Bowl, and year after year, the beloved ’Skins have fallen flat on their faces. Part of the problem has been Daniel Snyder, the team’s unpopular owner, who knows football like Paris Hilton knows rodeo yet insists on dropping megadimes on washed-up players whom he deems messianic. (We think Deion Sanders may still be collecting Redskins paychecks.)

The 2007 season was probably one of the most emotional roller coaster rides any Redskins fan has taken in a decade. From a 2-0 start, to a series of injuries, to the death of 24-year-old superstar Sean Taylor, to a last-game win over Dallas to put the ‘Skins in the playoffs, and finally the retirement of Hall of Fame Coach Joe Gibbs, the 2007 season will not be soon forgotten by devoted Skins fans. 2008 was the inaugural season for Coach Jim Zorn, who took over for the legendary Gibbs. Zorn had never held a head coaching position, but quickly earned the trust and respect of fans. However, a series of losses left the team at 8-8 and just short of the playoffs. Despite hopes for a good 2009 season, cultivated by the high-profile acquisition of Albert Haynesworth (he came with a $100 million price tag), the year was a bleak one for Redskins fans. The Skins failed to improve upon 2008’s record, which then prompted Zorn’s unceremonious dismissal. In early 2010, Mike Shanahan was brought on as both coach and Executive Vice President of Football Operations, meaning he now has full control over player personnel. Fans were keeping their fingers crossed that Shanahan’s guidance, and track record (he led the Broncos to two Bowl victories in both 1997 and 1998), would help turn around what had been a disappointing couple of seasons. Sadly, it was not so in 2010 and 2011, and the seasons passed with no playoff berths (and don’t even get fans started on the Donovan McNabb debacle!). The 2012-13 season saw the Redskins reach the NFC wild-card playoff round, but they lost to the Seahawks. As always, hope springs eternal in DC; the ‘Skins’ll get ‘em next season.

The stadium itself is a diamond in the middle of a very large rough known as Landover, Maryland. During the late 1980s, then-owner Jack Kent Cooke envisioned a new and sensational stadium, settling on a site deep in the Maryland suburbs just inside the Washington Beltway. Although Cooke didn’t live to see the $300 million project completed, Jack Kent Cooke Stadium officially opened its gates September 14, 1997 (Snyder sold the naming rights to FedEx shortly after purchasing the team in 1999). The colossal structure is equipped to hold more than 90,000 fans, good for tops in the NFL.

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