Why the FedEx Field Bashing?

There is no use in comparing RFK to FedEx. If you never experienced RFK for a game, you don't truly know what it was like to be there. That place, as cookie cutter as it was, had an atmosphere that FedEx will never have. 55,000 loud screaming fans that literally shook the stadium deep into the 4th quarter. It didn't matter if the concessions were lousy, and it took hours to get home via Metro afterwards, RFK represents what Redskins football was all about.

I don't mind FedEx as a facility. The seats are fine, the concessions are decent, and there is plenty of parking for tailgating. However, what I don't care for is the empathy of Mr Rich Fan who buys his tickets and then either doesn't use them, or sells them to out of town fans.

But honestly I think instead of bitching about what FedEx isn't, we all should make FedEx the best experience we can. Get there early, tailgate, be there for kickoff, cheer loudly, stay the whole time, and tailgate some more. It shouldn't matter how well or poorly the team is doing, you're there to have fun and cheer on the Skins.

There is no use in comparing RFK to FedEx. If you never experienced RFK for a game, you don't truly know what it was like to be there. That place, as cookie cutter as it was, had an atmosphere that FedEx will never have. 55,000 loud screaming fans that literally shook the stadium deep into the 4th quarter. It didn't matter if the concessions were lousy, and it took hours to get home via Metro afterwards, RFK represents what Redskins football was all about.

I don't mind FedEx as a facility. The seats are fine, the concessions are decent, and there is plenty of parking for tailgating. However, what I don't care for is the empathy of Mr Rich Fan who buys his tickets and then either doesn't use them, or sells them to out of town fans.

But honestly I think instead of bitching about what FedEx isn't, we all should make FedEx the best experience we can. Get there early, tailgate, be there for kickoff, cheer loudly, stay the whole time, and tailgate some more. It shouldn't matter how well or poorly the team is doing, you're there to have fun and cheer on the Skins.I have to agree and after all the tail gating I don't think I've ever tried any food at FedEx I'm to full by game time.

If the redskins were winning nobody would give a damn about the stadium.

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So they're actually paying money to duplicate a hole in the roof caused by bad architectual plans (realized roof would not hold weight load if completed) and the fact that they ran out of funding?

That's as asinine as bring in Terrell Owens to play for Parcells.

They should just trade Bledsoe for Allen Iverson while they're on a roll.

The roof has a retractable cover so its a retractable roof dome like a lot of other NFL stadiums. It doesnt seem asinine at all. In fact Snyder would kill for a stadium like this.

The roof has a retractable cover so its a retractable roof dome like a lot of other NFL stadiums. It doesnt seem asinine at all. In fact Snyder would kill for a stadium like this.

Ok, retractable makes it better, but it's still based on a blunder and will cause crappy shadows unless it's positioned with the sunlight better than the original.

I still think the "hole in the roof" looks stupid.

I sometimes wonder how FedEx would've turned out had Snyder been the one who had it built.

There is no use in comparing RFK to FedEx. If you never experienced RFK for a game, you don't truly know what it was like to be there. That place, as cookie cutter as it was, had an atmosphere that FedEx will never have. 55,000 loud screaming fans that literally shook the stadium deep into the 4th quarter. It didn't matter if the concessions were lousy, and it took hours to get home via Metro afterwards, RFK represents what Redskins football was all about.

I don't mind FedEx as a facility. The seats are fine, the concessions are decent, and there is plenty of parking for tailgating. However, what I don't care for is the empathy of Mr Rich Fan who buys his tickets and then either doesn't use them, or sells them to out of town fans.

But honestly I think instead of bitching about what FedEx isn't, we all should make FedEx the best experience we can. Get there early, tailgate, be there for kickoff, cheer loudly, stay the whole time, and tailgate some more. It shouldn't matter how well or poorly the team is doing, you're there to have fun and cheer on the Skins.

I was at RFK...and I loved the place. I just think that if we win 3 Super Bowls in Fed Ex it would at least narrow the gap. The Fed Ex bashing comes from the losing as much as anything.

There is no use in comparing RFK to FedEx. If you never experienced RFK for a game, you don't truly know what it was like to be there. That place, as cookie cutter as it was, had an atmosphere that FedEx will never have. 55,000 loud screaming fans that literally shook the stadium deep into the 4th quarter. It didn't matter if the concessions were lousy, and it took hours to get home via Metro afterwards, RFK represents what Redskins football was all about.

I don't mind FedEx as a facility. The seats are fine, the concessions are decent, and there is plenty of parking for tailgating. However, what I don't care for is the empathy of Mr Rich Fan who buys his tickets and then either doesn't use them, or sells them to out of town fans.

But honestly I think instead of bitching about what FedEx isn't, we all should make FedEx the best experience we can. Get there early, tailgate, be there for kickoff, cheer loudly, stay the whole time, and tailgate some more. It shouldn't matter how well or poorly the team is doing, you're there to have fun and cheer on the Skins.

Yeah, but I don't think the people on this site are the problem.

I sometimes wonder how FedEx would've turned out had Snyder been the one who had it built.

One thing's for sure it would be nothing like it is now. It would definitely have a retractable roof for starters. It would probably be the most pimped out stadium in all of sports.

I'm sure we'll find out soon enough how he would do it.

I was asked to sit down by a female event staff opperator at Fed Ex. Oh yeah it was about 30 seconds before Troy Viencent block the field goal at the dallas game. WTF im suspose to sit down to watch the apperent cowgirls game winner, and not stand up and make noise. I should never have to sit down.
Did you see that eagles fag on TV that stood the entire time and changed his gay jerseys depending on if the gay eagles were on defense or offense. He didnt sit down. And how embarasing is that when the announsers talk about a eagles fan the entire time at a home game?
I love it when people in the front row hold signs at Fed Ex that say "loudest stadium in the NFL with 80,000 people". I turn my tv up so i can kid myself