Be Sure To Arrive Early To Sunday’s Game
Posted by on September 18, 2012 – 9:58 am
There’s already tons of anticipation for the Washington Redskins’ 2012 home opener on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.
And although kickoff isn’t until 1 p.m., the Redskins are encouraging all fans to arrive early to Sunday’s game to avoid major traffic jams and delays in the hours and minutes leading up to the matchup.
The lots will be opening at 9 a.m. Sunday, four hours before kickoff. And here’s more good news: I’ll be out there in the tailgating lots as the official “Redskins Blog Taste-Tester.”
So get there early and claim your spot to watch the Redskins open up the home portion of their season on a high note.
Tags: 2012 regular season, Cincinnati Bengals, fedexfield, washington redskins
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By Don on Sep 18, 2012 | Reply
9:00 is not early .. other teams open the lots at 7:00 or 8:00 for 1:00 games … by the time you set up the tailgate, you have to start to take it down to get in the stadium in time .. watch “first on the Field” on the NFL network, comes on at 7:00 with shots of tailgating .. with RG3 here .the stadium will be packed .. please reconsider this atleast for opening day
By jt3 on Sep 18, 2012 | Reply
I agree with Don. They should open the lots at 8 at the latest. The later the lots open usually contributes to the fans not being ready to go when the game starts. A great deal of people drive from other areas in VA for this game such as Richmond and Fredericksburg so its much more efficient to open earlier and get things situated earlier. I hope they will one day change this.
By wordsmithgk on Sep 18, 2012 | Reply
What is the best way to get to the stadium? I have never been to a game before. Is there a train or rail that goes and comes back from there?
By Andrew Walker on Sep 19, 2012 | Reply
wordsmithgk:
Here’s some information about the Metro Rail stop that closest to FedExField:
http://www.wmata.com/getting_around/metro_events/venues.cfm#FedEx_Field
Hope this helps, and thanks for reading!
- Andrew Walker
By wordsmithgk on Sep 20, 2012 | Reply
Thanks. It is helpful.
By Mark Britto on Sep 22, 2012 | Reply
Lots ALWAYS open at least 4 hrs before kickoff and gates ALWAYS open at least 2 hrs before kickoff. Why the headline on the main page says they are opening early is beyond me.
It is a 1 mile walk from the metro to the stadium gates for the person who was asking about this. Plenty of info about the parking/stadium/etc. on the extremeskins site.
By Jay on Sep 22, 2012 | Reply
This isn’t early. This is the same as any other game. It would be nice if the gates really did open early! So we aren’t backed out onto the beltway at 8:30 AM.