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| FedEx Field |
| Prince George's County, Maryland |
The Washington Redskins are one of the oldest and most prestigious franchises in the National Football League (NFL). Wells + Associates has consulted with the Redskins on traffic, parking, and transit matters since 1993 when the owner, Jack Kent Cooke, decided to relocate from the outmoded RFK Stadium to a new stadium.
Wells + Associates evaluated the traffic, parking, transit, and pedestrian impacts of a new 76,500 stadium at Potomac Yards in Alexandria, Virginia; a new site immediately adjacent to RFK Stadium in the District of Columbia; a new site adjacent to the Laurel Racetrack in Laurel, Maryland; and, finally, the Wilson Farm in Landover, Prince George’s County, Maryland.The Redskins opened Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Landover on September 14, 1997. The 76,500-seat stadium features state-of-the-art suites and club seating, over 22,000 on-site parking spaces, 6,500 off-site parking spaces, and a new game-day interchange on I-495 (the Capital Beltway). Wells + Associates, LLC conducted the transportation studies to obtain land use entitlements from Prince George’s County and access permits from the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA); prepared detailed traffic and parking operations plans; and provided expert witness testimony. These studies evaluated traffic impacts at three interchanges on I-495, 17 arterial highway intersections, three major on-site approach roadways, and all driveways into the stadium parking lots. Wells + Associates also prepared a parking and traffic study in support of a Preliminary Plan Application to increase the number of seats to 81,000 and to relocate 5,000 off-site parking spaces to property adjacent to FedEx Field. The Prince George’s County District Council and the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission unanimously approved the Wells & Associates’ studies. Wells + Associates has conducted traffic and parking counts for every home Redskins game and other major events since the stadium opened. |
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