Latest On The Skins Stadium Moving Back To DC???

[NFLNetwork]

Has there been any recent information on the redskins moving back to DC?? I was just curious because I heard there was progress being made pertaining to them going to back to the RFK???

[skins268]

I am sure they are Locked into FedEx field for a long time,I doubt they will be going anywhere for a while...on the other hand it would be nice to move the stadium back.

[skinsguy]

The Redskins are cursed at Fedex. They need to move back to RFK.

[Campbell17]

The stadium is so big and expensive, we'd lose revenue by downgrading.

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by Campbell17

The stadium is so big and expensive, we'd lose revenue by downgrading.

the rumors i've heard has rfk being torn down and snyder building a new stadium on that site, possibly a dome stadium so a superbowl could be played there.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

the rumors i've heard has rfk being torn down and snyder building a new stadium on that site, possibly a dome stadium so a superbowl could be played there.

That's what I would do, tear down old RFK with mixed emotions and build a brand new state of the art stadium without a dome. Domes are not real football stadiums, maybe a retractable dome and even so, I still don't like domes.

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

That's what I would do, tear down old RFK with mixed emotions and build a brand new state of the art stadium without a dome. Domes are not real football stadiums, maybe a retractable dome and even so, I still don't like domes.

yea, i don't like domes either. snyder really wants a superbowl though, and that might cuase him to build a dome or a stadium with a retractable roof.

[heybigstar]

Originally Posted by Campbell17

The stadium is so big and expensive, we'd lose revenue by downgrading.

I actually read that the land in pg county where fed ex field is very valuable and that it could be torn down for strip malls and shopping and snyder would do just fine.

[Ocliw]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

The Redskins are cursed at Fedex. They need to move back to RFK.

Im with you. It's just never been the same vibe.

[Cowell]

I myself never had the privilege of attending a Redskins game at RFK. I have seen old films of how the stadium would shake. But videos just don't do justice to it, I really wish I could have been there. Sadly I was born a few years too late. As for the Skins moving back, I don't think it's going to happen. At least not for the next 5-10 years. I'm sure Danny payed a lot to get that stadium built and I don't think he's just going to give it up after 10 years.

[Skinsfan1967]

Originally Posted by Cowell

I myself never had the privilege of attending a Redskins game at RFK. I have seen old films of how the stadium would shake. But videos just don't do justice to it, I really wish I could have been there. Sadly I was born a few years too late. As for the Skins moving back, I don't think it's going to happen. At least not for the next 5-10 years. I'm sure Danny payed a lot to get that stadium built and I don't think he's just going to give it up after 10 years.

Just a slight correction. Jack Kent Cooke built the stadium, Snyder purchased it along with the team.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by Cowell

I myself never had the privilege of attending a Redskins game at RFK. I have seen old films of how the stadium would shake. But videos just don't do justice to it, I really wish I could have been there. Sadly I was born a few years too late. As for the Skins moving back, I don't think it's going to happen. At least not for the next 5-10 years. I'm sure Danny payed a lot to get that stadium built and I don't think he's just going to give it up after 10 years.

I've seen many games at both RFK and FedEx, and without question, RFK was louder with 55,000 fans than FedEx is with 90,000. Probably has more to do with the curved top of RFK than anything. As lucrative as the Skins have been for Snyder, I can definitely see him building a new stadium where RFK stands. One of his big dreams has been to bring a Super Bowl to DC, and I've heard rumors that he would like to build a new stadium with a retractable roof to help make the dream reality. Lastly, Snyder didn't build FedEx field, Jack Kent Cooke did. Snyder made improvements after calling the stadium "a fixer upper", so I don't think he feels overly attached to FedEx.

[atomicnixon]

Originally Posted by Cowell

I myself never had the privilege of attending a Redskins game at RFK. I have seen old films of how the stadium would shake. But videos just don't do justice to it, I really wish I could have been there. Sadly I was born a few years too late. As for the Skins moving back, I don't think it's going to happen. At least not for the next 5-10 years. I'm sure Danny payed a lot to get that stadium built and I don't think he's just going to give it up after 10 years.

Not to be an ass, but Mr. Cooke built it.

[Cowell]

Your right I forgot that Jack Kente Cooke built it, which would explain why it had it's name on it in the beginning. I was at the first game ever played in FedEx Field but I was rather small and probably didn't know much of what was going on (I was in 1st grade or 2nd grade), I still have the tickets though.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by Cowell

Your right I forgot that Jack Kente Cooke built it, which would explain why it had it's name on it in the beginning. I was at the first game ever played in FedEx Field but I was rather small and probably didn't know much of what was going on (I was in 1st grade or 2nd grade), I still have the tickets though.

I recall that first game at FedEx - Michael Westbrook caught a TD bomb to win the game in overtime over the Cardinals. Pretty cool that you got to be there live.