| Today,
FedEx Field is one of the premier stadiums
of the NFL. After 30 years of playing at
RFK Stadium, then owner Jack Kent Cooke
envisioned a new stadium for the Redskins
in 1987. After nine years of negotiations,
Cooke finally found a spot to build a new
stadium in Prince George County, Maryland.
Construction began immediately on the stadium.
Cooke never saw the stadium completed. He
died several months before the stadium was
completed. Initially, the stadium was named,
Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. |
