Stadium history

Braves Field

First home of the franchise, which shared the ballpark and the Braves name with baseball's Boston Braves in its 1932 inaugural season. First game: Oct. 2, 1932, a 14–0 loss to Brooklyn. Most of the stadium was demolished in 1955; part survives in Boston University's Nickerson Field.

Capacity: 46,500 (baseball seating, 1928–36)

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Fenway Park

The team moved here in 1933, the year it became the Redskins. Weak attendance led owner George Preston Marshall to move the 1936 NFL Championship Game to New York's Polo Grounds, and the team moved to Washington for 1937. Fenway has been home to baseball's Red Sox since 1912.

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Griffith Stadium

Home for 24 seasons after the move from Boston, shared with baseball's Washington Senators. First game in D.C.: a 13–3 win over the Giants on Sept. 16, 1937. Hosted the 1940 NFL Championship Game (lost 73–0 to Chicago) and the 1942 NFL Championship Game (won 14–6 over Chicago). Demolished in 1965; the site is now Howard University Hospital.

Capacity: About 32,000 (baseball seating, 1933–47); the 1940 and 1942 NFL title games drew sellouts of 36,034 and 36,006

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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Also: District of Columbia Stadium (D.C. Stadium), 1961–1969

Opened Oct. 1, 1961, with a 24–21 loss to the Giants. The renaming for Robert F. Kennedy was announced Jan. 18, 1969, and dedicated June 7, 1969. Washington won five NFC Championship Games here (1972, 1982, 1983, 1987 and 1991 seasons), the only team to win five NFC titles at one stadium, and went 11–1 in playoff games there. Last game: Dec. 22, 1996, a 37–10 win over Dallas before 56,454, the stadium's largest football crowd. Closed in 2019 and demolished 2023–26; the New Stadium at RFK Campus is planned to open on the site in 2030.

Capacity: 49,219 (1961) rising to 56,454 (1992–96) for football

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Northwest Stadium

Also: Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (1997–99); Redskins Stadium (1999); FedExField (1999–2024); Commanders Field (2024)

Built on the former Wilson Dairy Farm and opened Sept. 14, 1997, with a 19–13 overtime win over Arizona; Jack Kent Cooke died months before it opened and his sons named it for him. FedEx bought the naming rights in 1999 (FedExField from Nov. 21, 1999). Renamed Northwest Stadium on Aug. 27, 2024, under a deal with Northwest Federal Credit Union. The lower level is named for Bobby Mitchell and the club level for Joe Gibbs. The team plans to move to the New Stadium at RFK Campus in Washington when it opens in 2030.

Capacity: 64,000 (2025); 91,704 at its peak (2009–10), then the NFL's largest

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