FedEx Field was built as a replacement to the place of the Redskins, RFK Stadium. In 1994, Jack Kent Cooke wanted to build a new stadium on the grounds adjacent to Laurel Park Racecourse on Whiskey Bottom and Brock Bridge roads. Lack of parking and support has prompted a second choice of sites.
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, Wilson Farm was not. The name “Raljon” is a portmanteau of the sons of the first Jack Kent Cooke names – “Ralph” and “John”. It is noteworthy that Cook was even able to register Raljon with United States Postal Service as a legal address for the alternative 20785 zip code Landover, Maryland, where the stadium and went to some lengths requires the use of media in Raljon datelines from the stadium.
Special exit, exit 16 (Arena Drive), was built from Interstate 495, the capital Beltway.
Over the past six years in FedEx Field, Redskins fans have set regular-season home paid attendance record. In 2005 the group drew record 716,998 fans in general. December 30, 2007, 27.6 to win against the Dallas Cowboys was the most popular game in the history of the Redskins, with 90 910 fans in the stands, to Washington clinch playoff spot.
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