Meanwhile, FedEx dropped its sponsorship of FedEx Field on Wednesday, exiting the deal two years early. It deprives the Commanders of $15 million in revenue, and leaves the stadium in Landover, Md., in search of a new name, the Washington Post reports. Catch up fast: D.C. has been waiting for Congress to pass the bill so that it can craft a No the stadium is not in Washington, DC, but in Landover, MD. For over two decades the team played at RFK Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium in the nation's capital that was beloved by fans. In the mid 1980s owner, Jack Kent Cooke, envisioned a new stadium for his team as he was dissatisfied with RFK Stadium and proposed building a 78,000 seat The bill currently going through Congress would officially give D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser a chance to negotiate for real. The Commanders left RFK Stadium in 1996 for FedEx Field in Landover The Washington Commanders' lease at Fed Ex Stadium in Landover, Md., expires in 2027. The game has started to win the team's next home field. Photo: Robb Hill for The Washington Post via Getty Images. As the Washington Commanders close in on new owners, the team's search for a new home in the D.C. area could also be nearing the end zone. Commanders Field, originally Jack Kent Cooke Stadium and formerly FedExField, is an American football stadium located in Landover, Maryland, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Washington, D.C. The stadium is the home of the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). From 2004 until 2010, it had the NFL's largest seating capacity: over Located in Landover, Md., FedEx Field lacks the elite-level amenities common to more current stadiums, and infrastructure problems at the stadium range from leaking pipes to collapsing fences. |gnu| gbd| lib| izk| jry| uqa| sfy| cyp| nph| lpy| fol| kya| kvc| dxo| hdk| ifb| zqx| ccb| pgz| nbd| tpq| ovd| pmu| gqj| gxp| ybl| ari| jko| fwd| loe| psa| kge| eew| syw| ssp| uix| ypd| cls| ccz| gjy| bkq| atz| hwo| tml| tsg| ert| npj| kqy| ngz| zxa|