FedEx Field

Yesterday I made the first trip out to Fedex in a few years with a friend of mine. A few thoughts if you're headed out anytime soon:

Considering there were 90,000 fans in the stadium, traffic was really ridiculously easy. Just stay off the beltway. Everytime I've been out there, I've gone out East Capitol until it turns into Central Avenue, spits you out just south of the stadium for an easy jaunt north, and you never have to hit either the beltway or the Anacostia Freeway, which turns into a parking lot on game days. Mental Note - we allowed about an hour and forty five minutes from Foggy Bottom to our seats. With a parking pass and a clothing/concession stop, we got to our seats about 15 minutes before the start - just about perfect.

Really, if you're going to spend triple digits on a ticket, you might as well get a parking pass - the blue lots seemed to be much easier to get out of than the main stadium parking area.

The seats we were in were amazing - Row 1, twenty yard line. Having said that, I still think I prefer the club level. Less crowded hallways, better concessions, more comfortable ambience, and a better perspective of the entire field. I'm glad I was able to sit in the front once, but if I were buying the tickets I'd probably go for the club.

Concessions on the main level... not good. I mean really, what if I wanted something beyond a hot dog, bratwurst, or pretzel? Oh yeah, there was Johnny Rockets... conveniently the chain owned by Dan Snyder. Seriously, these tickets couldn't have been cheap, seems odd that there are only basic food options.

There were a TON of beer dudes and dudettes walking around. Whenever I needed a refill, one would show up within five minutes. I was a big fan.