Saturday, November 10, 2012

FedEx Field is finalist for 2010 to 2014 Army-Navy games - Washington Business Journal:

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FedEx Field, home of the Washington is one of four stadiums in the runnintg forthe game, Navy athletic directo Chet Gladchuk said in an interview Monday. Other stadiums include M& T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, the new Meadowlands stadium comingh online in northern New Jersey next yearand Philadelphia’s Lincolh Financial Field. Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk said he is still negotiatingh with one of the cities and hopesd to make a formak announcement by the end ofthis week. “We’re kind of there, but we’rse not there,” he said.
“We’ve trie to ensure there’s been Baltimore hosted the game in 2000 and 2007 to a sold out crowde of morethan 71,000. The evengt generated an economic impact of morethan $20 million on the regiom in 2007, state officials said. Philadelphia hosted the game in 2008 and will againbin 2009. All four finalist cities submittesd bids to host the gameas for each of thefive It's unlikely one city will be awarded the game for the entiree five-year period. It has been speculatef that M&T Bank Stadium will host the game in 2012 and but Gladchuk would not confirm any But Gladchuk expressed theAnnapolis academy’s strong ties to the neighboringt city.
“I love Baltimore,” he said. “We feel Baltimore in many ways has adoptes Navy as one of its hometown Navy football will play theat M&r Bank Stadium in 2010.

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