Jack Evans is not a fan of FedEx Field

The potential return of the Washington Redskins to the District has always been a nice little crutch for local politicians to break out during football season. After all, people in D.C. like their Redskins, and appealing to their sense of hometown pride is never a bad idea, especially in a time of governmental transition and budgetary strife. Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans wasn't the first person to say that the Redskins should move back into the District when he recently floated the idea, and he most certainly won't be the last.

But while most political assertions about a potential return to the District for the city's beloved team lean on the miserable experience of getting to FedEx Field, the sense that the Redskins ought be playing inside the District proper, Dan Snyder's lust for a new stadium to keep up with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, or the redevelopment of the RFK Stadium site (all somewhat plausible, if abstract reasons to argue for the team to move back), Evans went a different route -- suggesting that, after but 13 years of existence, FedEx Field is already past its expiration date:

[Continue reading Aaron Morrissey's post here at DCist.com.]

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