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Commanders Field
American football stadium in Maryland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Commanders Field 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 at 91,000, with it currently having a capacity of 65,000.[13][14] The stadium is owned and operated by the Commanders, with non-NFL events managed by team owner Josh Harris's company Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE). The stadium opened in 1997 as Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, with it being known as FedExField from 1999 to 2023. The stadium was renamed Commanders Field in 2024 after the naming rights were relinquished by FedEx.[15]
![]() The stadium in 2017 | |
Former names | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (1997–1999) Redskins Stadium (1999) FedExField (1999–2023) |
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Address | 1600 FedEx Way[1] |
Location | Landover, Maryland, U.S. |
Coordinates | 38°54′28″N 76°51′52″W |
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Owner | Washington Commanders (Josh Harris) |
Operator | Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (Non-NFL events) |
Executive suites | 257 |
Capacity | 65,000
Former capacity: |
Surface | Bermuda grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | March 13, 1996 (1996-03-13)[8] |
Opened | September 14, 1997 (1997-09-14) |
Expanded | 1998, 2000, 2005 |
Construction cost | US$251 million ($476 million in 2023 dollars[9]) |
Architect | HOK Sport |
Structural engineer | Bliss & Nyitray, Inc |
Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc.[10] |
General contractor | Clark Construction[11] |
Main contractors | Driggs Construction Co.[12] |
Tenants | |
Washington Commanders (NFL) 1997–present | |
Website | |
commanders.com/stadium |