Why Has Fedex Field Gotten SO BAD?
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Fedex Field - home of the Washington Football Team - used to be the largest capacity stadium in the NFL. Now it's a rotting dump that is literally falling apart. Why is it so bad now? Let's find out.
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It's crazy to think that opposing team quarterback did more to help when the stadium fell apart than club staff.
Yea hurts over there helping a dude off the ground he looked so confused at how that railing collapsed dw hurts we all are
And a division rival QB at that!
Hurts to see
First off it was his teams fans
@@arroncolt6062 Even then it's the staff's responsiblility to keep the fans safe regardless of team it's called being a decent fucking human
I'm a structural engineer and all of my coworkers and I are dying at Dan Snyder's cheapness in having handrails that aren't load bearing. There literally is no such thing as that.
Lol right? That’s like the pop up shit you put on a parade route the night before.
@@shirtlessbanditc3268 it more or less one of those playschool houses that little kids play house in and fake cook lol. The fact it couldn't hold 8ish people is sad....Not to mention the staff yelled at the collapsed fans to, "Get the fuck off the field!" Not even the ones that got hurt recieved medical attention first, they were yelled at, berated, and then the professional team acted like children towards their problems being pointed out....
I was going to say this! You know fans are going to be leaning over it like idiots for years! No excuse for not putting up the extra $.
They really thought zipties would work 💀
That is cheap, they couldn't even concrete the railing in. Good thing it was on the upper deck. So when you lean on railing on the upper deck it could fall off since they don't concrete in the railing.
My son was offered 2 free tickets for the Washington-Detroit game at FedEx in 2019. I asked him these questions: Who are they playing (Detroit)? Do we have to pay for parking (Yes)? What temperature is it going to be (around 30 degrees)? Do you really want to go (NO)? So we watched RedZone that day instead with no regrets.
Haha! You and your son sound like a couple of failures. You should have manned up for your kid and made some real memories. Shame on you.
Literally Jalen Hurts ankle could’ve snapped after that railing incident. Inexcusable by the Washington football team to not provide any medical attention to fans that fell too.
Not the first time they don’t give their own medical attention *cough* Trent Williams
It's the Washington redskins!!
@@jmat8639 no it's not
@@gigabytee yes it is. Nobody cares; not even the redskins.
It's WFT ownership, not the team.
As a former Public Relations employee with the WFT I can tell you that this stadium is an utter embarrassment. I used to deliver stats to team owners and in front of their “luxury suite” used to be buckets on the floor catching water coming in through the ceiling. Employees were forced to park in an often muddy field over a mile from the stadium and walk. Many of these employees were elderly game day staff who were handicapped and not allowed to park close to the stadium. This franchise is an utter mess and working on the inside helps you understand even more why
It's been a crap show for this team since the Reskins fallout. Since they're not going to the playoffs I hope when then announce the new name they completely renovate FedEx Field.
@@platinumdiamond1445 or consider a new stadium in Northern Virginia or DC proper
PR for the WFT??? That must have been nightmare every day
I can't imagine a more toxic work environment than the WFT front office. I heard from a staffer years ago that Snyder used to make the team president iron his clothes for him on road trips. What a f**king clown.
@@ryan1989 exactly tells you what shape the franchise is in. That asshole wouldn't sell the team at gun point. He was a cheap ass and the DC fans end up paying the price.
Let’s give Hurts some props for helping the fans after that railing collapsed. And posing for a few pictures afterwards
Love or hate the Eagles. Jalen Hurts is a good man.
I can't deny that him writing that letter 'To whom it may concern' was pretty awesome.
That's going above and beyond.
He stayed so calm in such a crazy moment. Awesome response from Jalen.
Jalen Hurts has always been a stand up guy. But was I the only one who noticed that dickhead camera guy try to kick one of the guys after they fell over the railing?
@@connordalrymple19 in defense of the cameraman, the raiing was on his leg; i think he just wanted to get free of it. but yeah looked like a dick move.
Kudos to Jalen Hurts for helping the fans, the hugs he gave, and the letter!
I thought Hurts did a little grandstanding with that letter
@@NateInDC Maybe it seems like grandstanding, but then again, he's a young player, and the fall that those folks took was Gnarly, i felt a typa way too watching that back, and i'm not the kinda person to get like that over stuff
DO
NOT
BRING
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HIS
BAMA
DAYS
PLEASE
-from a Georgia fan
@@Stationjoke Okay, Tua Tagovailoa it is then.
Yes Jalen Hurts looked like a dam good man there.
Dan Snyder makes me think of an old Tony Soprano quote: "I'm like King Midas in reverse here. Everything I touch turns to shit."
my dad used to work in the baltimore area so i grew up going to ravens games and i am so happy that i have never set foot in fedex field
I’ve been to I think 3 Ravens games that stadium is BEAUTIFUL easy access clean and modern one of the best. I’ve been lucky to see 2 games in the club level and 1 game in a suite
The ravens are one of the best most respectable football organizations in the league
Baltimore does have the best stadiums. M&T bank and Camden Yards are both gorgeous
Been to two WVU games in FedEx. I can't believe the two stadiums are only a year apart. The difference is staggering
@@bravens1776 the orioles suck tho
As a soccer fan, my mind went immediately to the crowd related tragedies of the 80s that saw dozens of people die due to faulty stadium design. This is a nightmare scenario waiting to happen.
Honestly tho haven't the nfl learned the lesson from the Hillsborough Disaster that killed 94 people on the day and later on another 3 it was the darkest day in European footballs history nearly 33 years later and there still has not been a single person prosecuted for the Disaster
and most of those disasters happened at really old, sometimes 80+ at the time stadiums too, imagine how dangerous a stadium as badly built as FedEx would be like when its that old, a death trap.
Wasnt there a bad one in Liverpool with a fire that erupted?
@@Spongebrain97 that was in Bradford
Roljamas, you called it soccer? Wow now I'm really confused
You know what’s even sadder is that with 5 minutes of work, a drill and some screws they could’ve actually made that railing secure, but no they’re so lazy they put 2 zip ties on it
The traffic leaving the stadium after a game is a horror story.
It was the same with RFK too. D.C. is an absolute nightmare to drive in or around, whether it is to or from a NFL game or not. The road system to FedEx is atrocious, and should have never been approved.
Cant you say that about any stadium?
I'm not sure people are fully appreciating just how freaking dangerous that railing situation is... some, if not most, of the costliest disasters in sports history have been caused by structural failure, and/or human crushes. For gods sake what if 20 fans fell over that instead of 8. Would the camera guy have survived?.... a fatality in an NFL stadium over something like this seems like it would be really REALLY bad for consumer confidence in the league as a whole... so... hopefully the ginger hammer does,.... y'know.... something about this.... maybe force danny boy to put some money into stadium repairs..... before someone gets killed
Alot of soccer stadiums disasters have been from poor design I'm surprised that we haven't seen something like this sooner at stadiums like fedex
Honestly tho Hurts did the right thing that cheap bastard Dan Snyder needs to fix this fucking stadium before it kills someone and Hurts was lucky that railing didn't fall on him easily season ending injury could even permanently have ended his career
Nothing will get fixed till someone dies, we all sadly know it
@@12thMandalorian or forced to sell.
@@davidtuttle7556 got a feeling nothing would make him do that, he seems that kind of person
I was there a few years ago when the 49ers played the Redskins. It was raining and it was absolutely atrocious. By far one of the worst stadiums i have been to.
2019?
Oh yeah for sure
MUDBOWL.
Ah yes, the slip-n-slide. Still a miracle that the 49ers came in one piece with such a crappy turf.
@@bw-leftturnracing7779 Yep that was the year
So Dan Snyder didn't just run the team into the ground, he ran the whole organization into the ground. He even lost the team name, total failure all around.
“You’re either getting pissed on or pissed off.” Funniest line among many in this hilarious video. Thanks for the laughs!
As an engineering student Fedex Field is that building that always baffled me.
It was built between two eras of staduim designs, the classic bowl design and the angular modern designs that we see today. much like Jacksonville and Carolina's staduim was.
If FedEx Field were to be investigated for an inspection test I guarantee they’d fail
@@rowdyboys951 with flying colors
@@SteelRhinoXpress I mean, those stadiums are at least passable though. If I was ever in the area and had some extra money and time, I wouldn't mind going to either of those stadiums.
When the owner is a massive cheapskate who doesn't care about his team let alone his field that's the result you gon' get, I hope the NFL forces him to sell the team.
Putting Sean Taylor Road in front of the porta-johns...
If that’s not symbolism of how they’re treating his legacy, I don’t know what is
North Korea would never!
Please don’t nuke us
Please don’t go to war with us
@@DKMetcaIf pull a Rodman and negotiate with him Metcalf lol
I never knew that, how disgraceful.
It’s a stadium railing. The fact that it isn’t load bearing is an absolute joke!!!
5 points- the best! Great content with a cutting sense of humor - just killing it!
As a lifelong Washington fan, Dan Snyder has soured just about all the love for the team that I had left. And I'm not alone in the sentiment. The man has exploited the once diehard fanbase and milked it for all it's worth, trying whatever he can to placate what's left of the loyalty people have for the team. To top that off, the franchise and the stadium that he owns are quite literally falling to pieces and Snyder appears like he could care less, as he uses both as his piggy bank.
Does he care opposing fans take over home games? Nope.
Does he care about declining attendance? Nope
Does he care his franchise is a scandal-ridden mess? Nope
Does he care about properly rebranding the team to attract new fans? Nope
Does he care about attracting good players and coaches? Nope
The ambivalence and contempt of this man is astounding. Snyder is blind to the fact that the franchise is dying and more so than anyone else, the responsibility lies with him.
If it makes you feel any better, I’m a Texans fan who knows exactly what an incompetent owner is :(. Granted, we do at least have a nice stadium
I’m turn 16 years old in 12 days and given that today is the 16th year anniversary of our last playoff win, I’ve never seen one in my life. Ive always been and will always be a Redskins fan and it just sucks that we gotta deal with Snyder’s bullshit all the time. I’ve always had a promise that if I get a diagnosis that I am terminally ill, I will strap a bomb to my chest and run into Dans house, just to make life better for the redskins fans that follow me.
I was once a panthers fan but once new ownership and Matt Rhule took over I couldn’t take it anymore I moved to my second favorite team a couple years ago and I cannot believe that a stadium can be this bad
@@jamesmarshall4157 To give you an idea of how long it's been since the team was good, I was 9 and it was the season they went 14-2 and won Super Bowl XXVI.
They are the only team in the NFL, over the past 30 years, not to have won 11 games or more in a single season.
@@BGtypiu1850 Depending on the rebrand and the name the franchise chooses, I might call it quits for good. With how the past 20+ years have been, I fully expect it to be meh.
Washington needs new ownership and new stadium actually close to their training facility.
Then we’d be a Virginia team
In Virginia? Hell no
Here’s hoping they go to a less controversial and more universally liked owner.
Hey maybe Putin?
ok weather man
@Fries RFK stadium had a feel to it the energy there was very powerful and in the 4th Quarter the song hail to the Redskins really charged things up.
Hate the Eagles, but respect to Hurts for being a decent human
Thanks for this. I'm a Cowboys fan and you are making Jerry Jones seem like a saint. I'm not even angry about another totally mediocre season anymore.
At least Jerry Jones listened to his son one time. At least he hires maintenence for his stadium. At least the parking at Jerry's world isn't a complete nightmare. Jerry Jones >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dan Snyder
True story, at one point JKC was going to build the stadium in Alexandria, but Virginia dropped the ball. I also heard that Fedex's development was rushed and cheap due to the guys building it also working on M&T Bank Stadium around the same time.
I really hate fedex field
they should rename Alexandria after the person who "dropped the ball". He/she is a public hero.
My buddies dad was part of the crew that built FedEx field (Clark construction)
Actually, the goal was to build the stadium in Laurel, MD, in order to commandeer Baltimore's market. In fact, Paul Tagliabue undermined the Baltimore's expansion effort in the early 90s in an attempt to get state and local officials to go along with it. This ended up backfiring and was probably a big reason why Baltimore was willing to work with Art Modell to move the Browns.
Construction was crazy rushed. Broke ground in March 1996, and opened in August 1997.
@@Sweet-mz7ol Yeah, when I went to look up some of the information to remind myself of some of the details, I was shocked when I saw that FedEx Field broke ground only 4 months before M&T Bank Stadium, yet it opened a whole year earlier.
25 years old and it's already a debacle, meanwhile Lambeau Field goes from strength to strength. Who designed this?
Lambeau is still an oversized high school stadium literally in the middle of a residential suburb. The Superdome is strength to strength with a perfect downtown location. And it's 47 years old.
As far as NFL stadiums that hold their age, Arrowhead is hard to top. Its nearly 50 years old and one of the best stadiums and one of the loudest in the NFL.
@@carltonbanks5470 lambeau can hold 82,000 and sells out every home homegame “ oversized highschool stadium” 😂
@@alaskancabin7506 Yes. There's still actual bleachers in that thing.
Very funny and informative!
I use to work in building maintenance for BOA in Charlotte and one thing I’ve realized is companies have no issue with spending money on new buildings but spending money to maintain them is a whole different story lol. They love renovations as well for office space but the guts of the building were falling apart
I suppose I can't complain about the traffic leaving Century Link anymore. The way they close and route traffic is horrible, but after seeing this, I feel I need to stop complaining. Best of luck Washington Fans!
It's like that at bills games too but atleast our stadium built in 1970 is in better shapr
Lumen and T-Mobile are terrible AF to get out of, haven’t been to CPA yet, but I bet its similar
Also at least there is light rail within walking distance to the stadium. I took it and it was good, but it’s only useful if you life on the line or transfer to a closer line to you. Still better than what they have
@@Jangmo_SC good thing Seattle actually gives a shit about public transit, so even if it’s a pain in the ass to get to and from the stadium, it’s not entirely infuriating.
That's why we take the train when we go. Its a shit show around the stadium
The rfk location would honestly be perfect to build a new stadium right there. It still has parking and metro service
"Only" thing causing a holdup there is RFK is built on federal land. So, to tear RFK down and put a new stadium on it would literally entail an act of Congress. Despite some movement at the end of President Trump's administration, Congress did not "play ball," (which, for this, they shouldn't. If you're a billionaire, buy your own fking land + stadium 😂).
RFK being torn down and replaced with housing, something DC truly needs, would be great. But again, federal land requiring Congressional approval 🤷♂️
@@mgjmiller1995 they're tearing rfk down this year. Corporate interests easily sway Congress. They get everything they want with everything else, why wouldn't the nfl
Back in the '90s in Houston, there was ONE roof leak and ONE turf tear at the Astrodome and then-Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams solved the problem by relocating the team to Nashville and rebranding as the Tennessee Titans.
That was a rather costly and harsh way for Bud to fix that, since Houston had no football team for five years afterwards - I'll bet the Astrodome maintenance staff weren't on the plane to Nashville.
When this dropped, I was super concerned for the guy that fell about 6-7 feet straight to his head with people piling behind him. Guy in white, I think? Absolutely inexcusable that team staff did nothing to help. Despicable.
It was the guy in the grey hoodie. Seriously went from standing to hitting the wall 7 feet across from him.
The camera man kicked him when they were both down. Watch! Mad because the railing fell on his camera.
Holy crap did you see the last sentence of that self aggrandizing bio for Snyder? "He has consistently led the franchise to new prominence in the community, the business world and the National Football League" *does best UTree laugh*
It's word slop, fluff and puff that could be attributed to anyone, and not even be a lie. What a greasy marketing ptack! Snyder is.
This reminds me of the vet in the late 1990s. Leaking pipe, a railing failing throwing people to the ground. I believe it was during a army/ navy game. Porter johns everywhere, terrible turf. Only difference is the eagles were building a good team, the fan support was still there, and the eagles actually had the new stadium coming in 2003, and most importantly Jeff lurie is a must better owner, than Snyder.
At least the Vet had a mystique about it and was loved by a lot of Philly fans, even though almost every big game they had there was an unmitigated disaster for Philly teams, the lone exceptions being the 1980 NFC Championship game and the 1980 world series and Tug McGraw. Fed Ex doesn't even have history going for it, the Redskins have sucked the whole time they played there. Did the place even ever host a playoff game? Whereas the Linc has hosted four NFC championship games in 20 years. Eagles winning three of them!
Fedex field was thrown together quickly when built, and corners were cut, and that is on the owner at the time Jack Kent Cooke. However the failure to fix and upgrade the infrastructure is totally on the current ownership.
Last game I went to was about 10 years ago. Monday night game, we left at the 2:00 warning. Got to my buddy's truck right at the stroke of midnight...didn't even bother starting the engine 'til a hair past 2:00am. Got home to Arlington right around 3:00am. That was it for me lol.
FedEx Field: has entire railing fall off during a game
Dan Snyder: This 30 year old toothpaste that I found should fix things
"Also I refused to change our racist name until money got involved." Dan Synder.
@@IHateMyAccountName tbh it’s a cool name but fuck the people who name the team they have shitty names the football team and the commanders like tf are these names
Imagine if Jalen Hurts was closer to that handrail... and he had been injured/concussed by getting hit by that!
Or had his knee blown out....cause that railing came dangerously close to his left leg.
Or possibly dead, if that railing got his foot and then 8 people fell on top of him…that could’ve ended so much worse. It’s a miracle only 8 people fell off tbh, if it was a few more people then it could’ve been so much worse. I surely hope that they get sued so hard until the NFL steps in and does something about it, especially with that awful field that. I may be a cowboys fan so I naturally hate the Skins, but no fan, player, or anyone else who has no authority over the stadium deserves to go through this.
The photographer was inches from getting that railing on his head. This could easily have been fatal for him and several other people
@@counterfit5 that photographer is lucky to be alive but he's still a douche bag for kicking at the person laying there barely moving.
I was there for the very first game. The excitement was palpable, but even amongst the hoopla, there was an odd feng shui about the place. It being a throwback concrete doughnut in the middle of a sea of asphalt didn't help. Basically, it was big -- and that was about the only noteworthy feature. It has never exuded the character of RFK.
Gave up my season tickets 15 years ago and never regretted it.
Must be tough to be a Washington football fan. -A Lions fan (yeah pity, even from US)
Won free tickets once to see the ravens play there preseason when I was 9; I just remember the terrible parking and extremely expensive food and drinks, not to mention the bad surrounding area
I used to intern for the company that does security for all the DC sports teams. Somehow RFK stadium seemed to be in better shape than FedEx. Sewage plant of a stadium
Yet sadly RFK is finna be imploded and join its brethren cookie cutters
0:06 Literally a sewage plant lol
How many raccoons did u find
Damn that's a pretty bad Compassion. I hated going to DC United Matches there.
Sewage plants have better sewage piping
I remember leaving a game against seattle. Dude was standing in the corner pissing. 🤣 It was him pissing on the seats below.
Me, my brother and my Dad went to a game there when they played the Falcons a few years back. We bought some shitty seats by accident, they were underneath the second deck, and their was a ceiling above us, so every time the teams would kick a field goal we couldn’t see the ball at the top of its flight
Yea, they literally sell seats too that are blocked by construction beams 😆
How a stadium from the second half in the 1990s is of that absurdly terrible quality is beyond me
Lack of maintenance as that costs money and eats into profits.
@@muzzmac160 It’s amazing 40 miles away a stadium that opened a year or two later, M&T Bank Stadium is one of the best in the AFC North.
Meanwhile, Fenway Park is 111 years old, and the Red Sox think it can last until 2061. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
Look up the Hillsborough disaster. That’s how bad things can get when things are poor stadium infrastructure and gross negligence when it comes to fan safety. I’m not saying the FedEx field is close to that, but it is only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt if they don’t do anything about it. You know what happened following the hillsborough disaster? They got rid of standing terraces in all stadiums for the top two tiers of English football. They wanted to make sure nothing like that ever happened again. The Washington football team’s callous attitude towards the copious safety hazards around their stadium is concerning to say the least.
It wasn't the terraces that were the problem, really, it was the metal fences they put up to keep the fans off the field. I spent a few years in The Shed at Stamford Bridge. One match, a whole train load of Man U fans got there first (wonder no one got killed haha), and about every 10 minutes they'd push the crowd in front of them. You'd literally get picked up off your feet and pushed about 10 or so feet down the terrace. Frightening, but with no fence, the guys down front were able to hop the rail and get on the pitch if they needed to. Trapping the fans in that kind of situation by putting up a fence like that was criminal.
Where that stadium is located we used to cut thru there to get to Landover Mall. It was a huge Farm or something like that. So yeah it was always a terrible spot to put a stadium. Rowhouses, apartments, etc. are all located on that tight little street.
I remember before they closed the Kingdome in Seattle, You'd be sitting there not knowing if you were going to get bashed in the head from things falling from the ceiling.
8:42 Imagine being so cheap, that you ban walking. I knew that Dan Snyder is the worst owner in the NFL, but that's just ridiculous.
Hearing that there is no public transportation within accessible distance makes me proud that there are busses that stop outside of Soldier Field, and that can also take people to a train station that is minutes away.
Dude is super cheap....and he can afford it and it will not hurt his bank account not one bit..
Thats not being cheap...thats being greedy
It makes me angry seeing what Dan Snyder has done to this franchise. I'm a Bears fan but I love Redskins fans. I lived in southwest Virginia for three years, and the Redskins fans were always very very kind to me. I'll always have a special place in my heart for Washington fans. They, and everyone else in football and indeed on planet Earth, deserves so much better than this.
The Redskins were once a team with pride, tradition, and honor. In 2006, they had a 87k average attendance despite being 5-11. They have around 50 k now. All that is left now is the Deadskins.
"Hail to f___ no on that." ROFL God bless you, FivePoints. God bless you.
Going to a nfl game is cool and is a awsome experience but I feel like watching on the TV is just waaaaay better for me
I have had one good experience at that place, and that was when my boss's boss gave me 4 box seats and, more importantly, a parking pass (about 12 years ago). One of the smartest things I've ever done is to stop caring about this pathetic team.
yep...Snyder has destroyed everything that was even remotely good about the franchise.
At least Oakland Colosseum has the excuse of being opened in 1966, 55 years ago. Yeah, it went through renovations around the time Fedex Field was built but also had aged 30 years with 60's engineering to work with that that point, so...
How did they design such a crappy stadium? Their are 100 year old stadiums still in use that have never had bursting sewer pipes.
@@jeffmiesen I dont think its necessarily the design. It's the upkeep or lack there of that's probably the biggest issue. Plus, private versus public owners and the availability of resources for upkeep and renovations. Which goes back to your question, in regards to Fedex Field, considering it's neither 100+ years old nor publicly owned. It literally has no excuse.
The Oakland stadium is still better than FedEx Field
@@tastyneck Also, builders and contractors. Some are better than others and quality of work shows most over time - the Oakland Coliseum was built in the mid-60's when construction was still paid like the skilled profession it is and the cost of building materials meant they could build it tougher than what someone could afford per square foot adjusted for inflation nowadays. Then there's also blatant fraud which has happened before, scummy builders and contractors using cheaper materials than they should or even stuff they shouldn't use in the first place.
Frankly a stadium should last a solid 40-50 years with proper maintenance before needing a major overhaul or experiencing the beginning of serious if not catastrophic damage if left unchecked. Longer if whoever owns it really gives a damn about it and doesn't mind spending the money to ensure their investment maintains value. There's really not any excuse to let shit get this bad at all to begin with by this point in its lifespan to be honest.
@@alfonsoperezthreezerosix And yet, the Oakland Raiders bought a one-way plane ticket to Las Vegas: it appears their long-time co-tenant in MLB's Athletics will soon be making the same purchase.
Never thought I’d feel privileged to be a Jags fan but here we are
It really pisses me off when people are like "why did Jalen say bad things about the stadium? Nobody got hurt". Like, yeah nobody got hurt THIS TIME, but if it happens again, there's no guarantee someone won't split their head on the concrete
Honestly, you know it’s bad when an opposing player is inquiring about what being done at the opposing teams field 😂 Damn, The Name Redacted is truly a dumpster fire
Hell yeah. To reiterate another OPs comment: people arent really realizing just how bad that railing situation could have been. It's bad enough that the fans fell from that height, then you factor in the cameraman (who is most likely suing, along with some of those fans) and then you factor in that THEY LITERALLY COULDVE CRUSHED A STARTING NFL PLAYER. Could you IMAGINE the amount of litigation that would take up if that shitstorm happened?
@@thepassingstatic6268 If Jalen Hurts was injured in this, the Eagles would have sued for millions of dollars, and that alone (before we get to the fans and the cameraman) would have financially nuked Dan Snyder and his franchise.
I am an Eagles fan, but yet, I still feel bad for all Snyder has done to this organization. He needed to go years ago.
Same I like the 49ers and I always feel bad for fans of organizations that don't care about all.
Honestly I think having a team in Virginia would be pretty cool, maybe a new name and identity
Near the end of the 2006 Philadelphia game, I inadvertently became locked in a toilet stall on the west side of the stadium. It was the worst day of my life to that point. I knew I would never again pull for the team formally known as the Redskins.
Snyder makes Angelos look like a generous saint. Yeah the Orioles are a trash fire, but at least they maintain their beautiful stadium and we have SOME direction on the field..maybe?
My dad and I are huge cowboys fans. In all seriousness it’s a 2.5 hour drive to fedex field for us but we’ve never gone because of how bad it is. We’d rather save up almost 5x the amount of money it would take to go to DC to fly to Dallas and actually enjoy ourselves instead
That’s a big mood.
Exactly! It's more fun to actually see your team at their own stadium. My brother is a Cowboys fan, and I can imagine that going to AT&T Stadium would be like a pilgrimage for him,and for you guys. I, myself,am a Giants fan,but I'd totally go to Dallas just for the experience (as long as the Cowboys are playing someone else,lol)
at&t stadium is wonderful:)
As a suffering Washington fan, this is so true. I would much rather go to a game at AT&T than travel a half hour to FedEx. It’s the worst field ever and the traffic is so awful getting in and out is just mind boggling.
Dude you'd have a better time driving to some random convince store chilling by the slurpees for a few hours while drinking and talking to anyone who passes would be alot cheaper and more entertaining then watching the football team as well
Sad considering the weapon RFK was against visiting teams. I’m often busy but in the room when games are on and if you go by crowd noise, you would think the game was being played at the opponent’s field. Crowds cheered last week when Eagles made plays and booed when calls went against the birds. Smh
When a team cares more about changing it's Logo and being Woke, then it's no longer for the fans.
An awful stadium
Controversy involving their old team name
Laziness to create a new, more creative team name
An awful owner
I feel bad for Washington Football Team fans.
Imo we need to petition the NFL to ban them from changing their name from " The Football Team " until they actually fix their stadium
That level of cheapness is unseen even in Mexico's profesional stadiums...
Went there for a Virginia Tech game and when people where jumping up and down the stadium lights was moving. There is cracks in the concrete too.
This is such a good video.
I see other design professionals weighing in: I'm and Architect and I am just shocked at how cheap everything is being maintained. Just cutting corners all over. If they want a new stadium, they are going to be hard pressed convincing locals to buy in if the current facilities are managed so poorly.
Local here, lifelong fan of the football team. I live in VA, and none of the fans I've talked to want a new stadium here!! Danny can finance the damn thing himself, prick ruined my favorite franchise.
Seriously, Five, Dan Synder is James Dolan-level of poor ownership.
He’s worse than Dolan. Snyder is pure evil in glasses and a suit. And his Lady Macbeth wife is proving to be no better.
@@baxatakbaxatak2014 as a life long Washington fan, I have never heard a more Perfect analogy for Dan Snyder.
Bravo 👏👏
Yet, I think even Dolan has realized the error of his ways and have started to step back from Knicks' ownership. As such, the Knicks are actually a reasonably viable team now.
Dolan at least understands that he was being bad for them so he stepped down Dan synder is just being a cheep person and it's going to get someone killed
Nah James Dolan isnt cheap at least..he just meddles and gets in the way different kind of bad lol
you know you're old when "new" stadiums are 20 plus years old now
I'm always in awe of how awful Washington is. Dan Snyder's rotten soul manifests in every aspect of the team, from play to the stadium. I feel bad for the fans (at least the ones that aren't just drunken assholes), I really do.
I'm a Green bay Fan, and seeing this makes me disgusted. I mean we have Lambeau, predominantly concrete and bleachers for fans plus box seats, but seeing the amount of work that the organization puts into our stadium to keep it in working order and still working is insane and honestly makes me appreciate that aspect even more.
Considering it opened in 1957 it has had multiple renovations and expansions. Plus the stock sales that happened this year generated so much revenue that they're going to plug into stadium upkeep and renovations projects. parking at Lambeau can be a nightmare though due to its location, but fans, residents, and businesses open their lots for fan parking. Price varies on location, I've paid $20 to be just a block or two away, or $10 to walk a fair distance. Plus the team offers shuttles at various locations around Northeast Wisconsin.
I get that every team and ownership scenarios are different, but you see the effort any one franchise puts into their stadium as opposed to how Snyder and Washington handles it is night and day.
It shows how cheap and how little ownership cares about the fans and franchise as a whole. For any fan who enjoys going to games at their teams stadium, always appreciate the fact that it will always be better than Washington
Great video as always Five! Definitely keeps the word about Snyder being the piece of garbage we know him to be!
I have to admit, that whole Uber for parking space thing is pretty cool. People will learn to deal with things if you (the ownership) actually try to make an effort for them. I still dunno how yall deal with those bleachers though, especially when that field is in full on Frozen Tundra mode
@@thepassingstatic6268 we wear thick pants and we’re allowed to bring in seat cushions. Some people also bring in seat cushions with slots for hand warmers. Plus you can rent seat cushions with back rests for $8. Plus most of the time people are standing. The other at I went I had 3 pant layers and was alright when I sat. LOL it is cold though
The great thing about the Packers is they can’t say “ build us a new stadium or we will leave “. Best damn deal for football fans ever. And I’m not even a fan ,just a wisc native
I guess I don't care about tradition, but I admit I hate Lambeau. I've been there. Bleachers in freezing temps is so subpar in a league like the NFL. Lambeau is outdated and old. I'm a big fan of modernizing like what the Vikings and Colts did with their new stadiums. Absolutely beautiful.
@@SRTBOAT I’m surprised that with the fan base and support they don’t build a new stadium.
I grew up 10 minutes away in a place called Kentland. Even as a kid, I was embarrassed by that stadium and I’m not even a fan of the team.
The railing thing happened at the old Veterans stadium in Philadelphia and a couple years later Lincoln Financial Field and Citizens Bank Park were built and the Vet was imploded. The main problem is an obvious lack of maintenance and an apathetic owner
Dan Snyder uses glue, tape, zip ties, and bungy cords to hold his stadium together
As a Blackhawks fan, it’s sad when you have to hope for the owner to die to see your team become good again. It happened when Bill Wertz died and his son took over
As a Flyers fan I can't even have that, Comcast will have a death grip on my team unless they sell it like they did with the Sixers :(
@@matthewoconnor5975 was like that with the Cubs and the Tribune company all my life until they finally sold to Ricketts in 2009. Good thing newspapers are dying otherwise we would still be title less since 1908
Imagine being a Detroit Lions fan :)
unfortunately the whole sexual assault scandal has tarnished their return to prominence.
@@matthewoconnor5975 replace the word team with city and you'd be 100%
I've been going since they build it. Where do I begin. Half the issue with parking is that the parking staff doesn't seem trained and doesn't stop the pedestrians to let people who parked there leave. You used to be able to park at several lots including the old Cap Center and get a Metro bus shuttle but I believe the Team didn't want to pay for it anymore. So people now pay $30-$40 to walk 20 mins (uphill btw) just to get to the stadium. Traffic wise there are major county roads that surround the stadium that don't have anyone directing traffic and people are stuck with just the traffic lights.
Inside the stadium. The seats just got cupholders about 5 years ago. The jumbotrons in the endzone were initially 3/4s advertisements. They sold seats in the lower level on the visitor side with obstructed views (including one directly behind a pole) where you can't even see the scoreboard. The sound is awful. Oh and those seats that they removed are just sitting in piles in the parking lot. There is a lot more but this is already too much.
As a life long Washington fan it is a shame how our owner has let this team, stadium, and reputation get to such a state of disrepair.
It's amazing that if you want a loyal and reliable consumer base, you can't prioritize profit over everything else. Do the Costco business model, it's easy and reliable. All Snyder had to do was back off from football operations and then take a small loss or just break even with transit and parking.
I saw this in San Diego, they're letting the place rot. The sooner it does, the likelier it is for them to get a new stadium. Yes these old stadiums have their issues. Most notably not being ideal or built with modern amenities in mind. But many of the issues would not be present with proper maintenance. If that's not the issue, then the construction companies need to be sued for gross negligence.
I can sincerely say this as a faithful WFT fan. FedEx field is the worst stadium I’ve ever been to. It’s an absolute dump and we should get rid off it and actual move back to DC.
As a diehard Packers fan I remember when the thing about the season ticket waiting list happened. We are the team most famous for having the longest waiting list and while I might be able to buy it if you told me a team like the Giants or Patriots had a slightly longer list, I never for even a second believed that Washington did
The Packers are the only NFL team that is owned by regular people not by one person, right?
Packers may have the genuine "best fans" in the league. Friends of mine traveled to Lambeau to watch the Raiders get the shit kicked out of them a few years ago, and said Greenbay has the coolest, nicest people. They were invited to tailgate by total strangers.
@@Homer4prez They’ve been grandfathered in as a public team since the 1980s
Today, owning an NFL team requires a 30% stake for majority and limited to 24 owners each owning a share of the pie.
@@Homer4prez correct. We own them. We obviously don't make decisions or anything etc, however mark Murphy, our gm, does listen to the people and makes good business decisions off the field
@@mgonzo3881 we love for this. The last thing anyone wants here is for an opposing fan to go home feeling tike you know what after a loss. We just love football and appreciate having an NFL team in our small town.
My mom lives walking distance from this place. Gotta circle the entire stadium just to get towards her neighborhood. Every time I visit I can't help but notice how incredibly rusty and worn out it looks. Not at all shocked the interior has these kinds of problems honestly.
Worst thing since Jimmy Carter took office.. that’s funny. Great videos btw
I live and grew up in Maryland 20 minutes away from downtown DC. This is one of the few times I will ever say this, but I’m thankful that I became a Vikings fan just so I didn’t have to root for Washington.
I grew up in Minnesota and the Vikings is pure passion for me. At least I wasn't born in Detroit.... 🤦♂️
I wish I had just become a Ravens fan.
@@kevindao1103 for an organization as dysfunctional as the Lions, their stadium is setup very nicely.
Downtown location within walking distance of many of the key city attractions and hotels. Detroit transit is very limited but does have routes near the stadium. Built into an old warehouse with no bad seats.
Although I must admit, the Vikings stadium also looks impressive.
As a resident of Nova, let me just say this place has been a dump for 15 years. The only reason anyone would go is for a reason to get drunk or are opposing fans. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE wants Dan Synder to rot in hell. Fedex needs to pull their name from the building
Gotta love the camera man kicking the dude who just face planted, like it is his fault the stadium is crumbling!
They probably spent more on the benches they took to Dallas than it would've costed to fix and reinforce that railing.
And lets not forget the only reason Dallas took heated benchs to Washington is because the vistor heated benches didn't work.
Was at the stadium last Sunday for the Eagles game on Jan 3, what a dump. My buddy who worked there before for years took a trip to the Linc in Philly and was amazed about how high quality it is when it really is just a typical NFL stadium in terms of condition. Goes to show how bad FedEx field really is.
Isnt the Linc getting up there in age, too? It's been 20 years since it opened right?
@@thepassingstatic6268 yes but the Eagles have done upgrades over the past few years. It's still lightyears ahead of FedEx and even MetLife stadium
@@screamingsheik2264 Can we really blame Snyder for hating his own stadium? Like honestly
Dan Snyder is the worst owner in the NFL currently.
With that being said Dan is in a lot of trouble off the field too. So he might have to sell the team sooner rather than later.
Ugh, Dan Synder got me thinking of Disco Stu from The Simpsons.
From your lips to God's ears.
Put John Mara up there as well.
@@ethanpurita Alas, John has just fired the entire Giants front office - even handing the GM his papers in person (Tim and Wellington taught him well here) - and also apologized for his franchise's current situation (for what that's worth).
I assure you one of the Lions, Texans, Jaguars or Jets will win a Super Bowl before Dan Snyder does any of that.
@5:46 the photographer trying to kick someone hahaha 😆
I’m not an Eagles fan (Go Bears!), but that letter by Jalen Hurts has fucking class. The best part of the letter is that Hurts acknowledged the fans first, the media second, and himself last. That’s the mark of a good person right there, irregardless of personal achievement. Even if his stats never justify it, that truly puts him up there for consideration of the HoF, in my book.
Hey fivepoints there was another issue at fedex field I went to the week 2 game against the giants and I had tickets to the top floor. It was already bad enough that we had to walk up these long ramps at the side of the stadium and by the time I got to seat it was 7-0 giants. To make things worse there are a piece of glass that looked like it was broken off. I never fell there but the security was me and the people around to not lean on the glass around it
Imagine getting drafted by WFT and bringing your family out to see your first game and they see this stadium. Kinda feel bad for the players cuz what can they do besides get embarrassed.
Lmao lol😂💀🏈
I went to my first nfl game ever this year (Pats vs cowboys pats fan) and I loved the parking that they had they had the pay lots of money for this but they have like 2 lots that dont let you out till about an hour after the game end to contol traffic but they make those lots free parking.
That's a true shocker, the proximity to the DC Swamp may be a contributing factor?
I live in St. Louis, and the Dome got a lot of shit for being the worst stadium in the NFL. Yes, the seats were colored wrong, the lighting wasn't good, and the scoreboard was small. However, the conditions were never as god awful as FedEx Field's conditions. I think it is interesting how it took so long for people to realize how terrible this stadium is.
I'm going to honest, I know people who used to go to RFK back in the day when it was still the Skin's stadium, and for a "cookie cutter" it had personality and was fun to go to. It probably still had another 5 or 10 years left. If they had even 5 more years at RFK into lets say the 2000 season, they could have built a far better and more modern stadium in the early 2000s that would not have been as bad as Fed Ex Field.
Agreed RFK stadium was really a great place to see a game
Unfortunately, Jack Kent Cooke was determined to gobble up all the Baltimore fans after the Colts left. The stadium was supposed to be built in Laurel, which is equidistant between Baltimore and DC and would have put up a bunch of barriers to Baltimore getting a new team. It didn't help that Paul Tagliabue was willing to screw over Baltimore to help Cooke get his way.
As someone that went to many redskins there was one thing I hated most. It wasn’t waiting in a long line to go to the bathroom. It was waiting in a long ass line to go to the bathroom and looking at a big flatscreen TV with an ad on it and no other tvs to see what was happening. It would make me so mad that tv wasn’t set to the game.
Local contractor here. The football team once had my company come out to quote them on some work. We gave them the price quote but they only offered us tickets. LOL.
Sounds about right 🤣