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in dollars) | architect = Populous (then HOK Sport) | structural engineer = Bliss & Nyitray, Inc | services engineer = M-E Engineers, Inc. | general_contractor = Clark Construction〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FedEx Field )〕 | main_contractors = Driggs Construction Co. | former_names = Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (September 1997–November 1999) | tenants = Washington Redskins (NFL) (1997–present) | Suites = 243 | decks = 3 | seating_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)〔 | publictransit = Morgan Boulevard Station }} FedExField〔 (originally Jack Kent Cooke Stadium) is a football stadium located in an unincorporated area 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.〔 ==History== 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.〔Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke is seeking a special exception that would allow a $160 million National Football League stadium in an industrial zone east of Laurel in Anne Arundel County. The Redskins also hope for variances from county codes on matters such as parking and landscaping for the 78,600-seat stadium, Baltimore Sun, Aug 11, 1994〕 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. 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. This ended when Daniel Snyder bought the Redskins from the Cooke estate, and the Redskins now give the stadium's address as Landover.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Goodbye to Raljon, and good riddance )〕 A special exit, Exit 16 (Arena Drive), was built from Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway. After Snyder bought the team and stadium, the stadium's naming rights were sold to FedEx in November 1999 for an average of $7.6 million per year. The waiting list for Redskins season tickets is over 160,000 names long. However, according to ''The Washington Post'', Redskins ticket office employees improperly sold tickets directly to ticket brokers for several years before the practice was discovered in 2009.〔Grimaldi, James V. (Washington Redskins Sold Brokers Tickets Despite Wait List ). The Washington Post, 2009-09-01.〕 Although the Redskins have never sold out the entire stadium, the team has not had a game blacked out on local television since 1972 (when home game broadcasts were banned outright) because it does not count "premium club level seating" when calculating sellouts (their sellout streak dates to 1965, eight years before the new blackout rules were implemented). From 2004 to 2010 Redskins fans set the NFL regular-season home paid attendance records. In 2005 the team drew a record 716,998 fans overall. 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.〔(FedExField: New Single-Game Attendance Mark )〕 On January 8, 2000, the Washington Redskins defeated the Detroit Lions 27–13 in the first NFL playoff game at FedExField. On December 29, 2002, the Washington Redskins defeated the rival Dallas Cowboys, 20–14. This game was Darrell Green's final game, who played 20 seasons with the Redskins. The game also broke a 10-game losing streak to the Cowboys. On December 2, 2007, the stadium held a commemorative game in memory of Sean Taylor who died from complications as a result of home intruder's gun wound one week prior. The Redskins lost to the Bills (17–16). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FedExField」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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