The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland. The team’s headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn, Virginia, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Dulles International Airport. They are members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

According to Forbes Magazine, the Redskins are the second most valuable franchise in the NFL, valued at approximately $1.538 billion, having been surpassed by their rivals the Dallas Cowboys in 2007. Despite being the second most valuable franchise, the Redskins remain the highest grossing team in the NFL with $327 million in revenue during the 2007 season.^[1] They have also broken the NFL's mark for single-season attendance eight years in a row.^[2]