Northwest Stadium
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stadium located in Maryland, U.S.
Key facts
- Former names
- Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (1997–1999) Redskins Stadium (1999) FedExField (1999–2024) Commanders Field (2024)
- Address
- 1600 Ring Road
- Location
- Landover, Maryland , U.S.
- Owner
- Washington Commanders ( Josh Harris )
- Operator
- Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment
- Capacity
- 64,000 Former capacity : List 62,000 (2022–2024) 58,000 (2021) 67,617 (2015 – 2021) 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)
- Type
- Multi-purpose stadium
- Events
- American football association football concerts
- Surface
- Bermuda grass
- Public transit
- Washington Metro : at Morgan Boulevard
- Groundbreaking
- March 13, 1996 ( 1996-03-13 )
- Opened
- September 14, 1997 ( 1997-09-14 )
- Expanded
- 1998, 2000, 2005
- Construction cost
- US$ 251 million ($503 million in 2025 dollars )
- Architect
- HOK Sport
- Structural engineer
- Bliss & Nyitray, Inc
- Services engineer
- M-E Engineers, Inc.
- General contractor
- Clark Construction
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stadium
- Named after
- Jack Kent Cooke
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Prince George's County
- Owned by
- Josh Harris
- Location
- Landover
- Sport
- American football
- Official website
- www.commanders.com/stadium
- Image
- Atlanta Falcons at Washington Commanders 2024 21.jpg
- Has use
- music venue
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- Commons category
- Northwest Stadium
- maximum capacity
- 64000
- architect
- Populous
- occupant
- Washington Commanders
- date of official opening
- 1997-09-14
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Encyclopedic overview
Northwest Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Landover, Maryland, United States, located within the census-designated place of Summerfield 2.5 miles (4 km) east of Washington, D.C. It is the home venue of the National Football League (NFL) team Washington Commanders. The stadium opened in 1997 as Jack Kent Cooke Stadium and was known as FedExField from 1999 until 2024.
Northwest Stadium had the NFL's largest capacity at 91,000 from 2004 until 2010 and currently seats 64,000. The stadium is owned and operated by the Commanders, with non-NFL events managed by Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE). The Commanders are scheduled to vacate Northwest for New Stadium at RFK Campus in Washington, D.C. upon its completion in 2030.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northwest Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.