Daniel Snyder wants to ban signs at FedEx Field? Then let's turn the stadium itself into a sign he can't ban.
Everyone sitting in the designated upper-level sections for the Washington vs Denver game (Nov. 15th at FedEx field) can be part of a giant "FIRE SNYDER" sign just by wearing the color designated for their seat. Here are the participating sections:
- 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406
- 422, 423, 424, 425, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432
- 450, 451, 452, 453
The photo below gives you an idea of the scale and appearance of the signs (click to view). There will be TWO of these signs, one on each side of the stadium.
To participate just do the following:
- Find the seating chart for your section in the table below.
- Find your exact seats on the chart.
- Wear the color designated for your seat on game day.
NOTE: We're looking for 2-3 people per section who can help spread the word on game day.
| Participating Upper-level Sections | Seating Charts (click to view) |
| 422, 450 |  |
| 423, 451 |  |
| 424, 452 |  |
| 425, 453 |  |
| 401, 427 |  |
| 402, 428 |  |
| 403, 429 |  |
| 404, 430 |  |
| 405, 431 |  |
| 406, 432 |  |
Here's the full FedEx Field seating chart for reference (click to view):
UPDATE: Background color changed from gold to white thanks to suggestions from Mr. Irrelevant and twoeightnine.
UPDATE 2: Major change to the seating charts! The sign colors have been inverted.
I decided to make this change after finding a high-resolution shot of the upper sections from the October 26th Monday Night game and hearing about spotty attendance from several folks. The seats are already red--no sense in fighting the stadium itself to make this work.
Wouldn't it make sense to do white instead of yellow? Most people don't have yellow shirts but they have white or a white Skins jersey. Plus white Ts are cheap and could be passed out.
ReplyDeleteI think any light color would work fine for the background (gold/yellow/white). And any shade of red for the letters. As long as you have a contrast.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!!! I hope it works - need to pass the word! I want to do it; but alas have not tickets1 Good luck!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo who would be the one to actually fire Snyder?
ReplyDeletethe fans will fire him - DRIVE HIM OUT!
ReplyDeletedamage the ego and stop going to the games!
there won't be enough people in the stands to make a sign.
ReplyDeleteSure there will! If I lived near DC I'd go just to be part of the sign! Snyder already has the seat money (from season tickets) so staying away doesn't hurt him. It just hurts people reselling the seats.
ReplyDeleteIt would be really funny if the lower levels were empty and the upper decks packed to make the sign!
ReplyDeleteAnother idea I heard was for everyone at the next home game vs. Denver to get up and go out to the concessions area at 6 minutes into the 2nd quarter and stay out there until close to half time(it would be really packed but could be done). It's too early in the game for people to be leaving so it would be obvious and would certainly make a statement on nat'l TV and get lots of coverage. Wouldn't it be amazing to hear the TV announcers talk about that one?
ReplyDeleteWon't work for two reasons:
ReplyDeleteAll those people who work at McDonalds don't have computers and high speed Internet - can't get the word out.
New policy at FedEx field. All fans must wear authorized burgundy and gold merchandise - any number but 56.
My seats are on section 421, otherwise I would absolutely participate in this!
ReplyDeleteAll out boycot on concessions and Redskins licensed gear. The tickets have been paid for, not going to the games doesn't make a different. Hit him where he cares, his bottom line. The tickets only get you into the stadium, the money is made with concessions, so stop using them! Also, take the subway, don't pay for the parking either, an empty parking lot and full stadium hurts him and not the players.
ReplyDeleteI am in the lower bowl and will go up there to help this out...
ReplyDeleteTo the person in the lower bowl: That would be awesome. Hey, maybe the person in section 421 who wants to participate could switch sections or tell people in other sections about it!
ReplyDeleteNo one is going to be sitting up there. At least not enough people to make that happen.
ReplyDeleteEveryone should start checking Stub Hub and Amazon for available seats. I bet they're cheap.
ReplyDeleteI'm in 431 and, as my designated color, will wear my white Sellers jersey to the Denver game. Fire The danny (and Vinny)!
ReplyDelete@431: Awesome! You could take a copy of the 431 chart and pass it around too!
ReplyDeleteYou all should keep doing this for the rest of the home games... by the last game - the message will be so loud and clear!
ReplyDeleteanother idea, seeing as how this is really tough to coordinate. assign someone to each section, have them bring construction paper in the colors needed for the section. then you just hand them out to the right seats. that way you are relying on 15 people, not 15000 people. everyone holds up their paper, message delievered
ReplyDeleteI myself am starting a website where I will be interviewing fans in the parking lots and posting those interviews on said website. I will not allow Snyder to take away our rights to free speech.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of "section captains" for handing out copies of the charts, but I don't know if they'd be able to sneak 15,000 large sheets of construction paper into the stadium! That would be a stack something like 10 feet high and weighing over 1,200 pounds!
ReplyDeleteThis is great. Very upset my section is the space between the words. Need to get every tv station and every radio station and every newspaper to get the word out.
ReplyDeleteI heard that Snyder was going to hire Tom Cruise as GM. In that case, the new Redskins fight song would start: "Just Take Those Old Players Off The Shelf...", and the new Redskins Cheerleaders uniforms would be white Jockey briefs.
ReplyDeleteActually, I got those jokes from http://snyderhasruinedtheredskins.blogspot.com
Suggestion. Try this aganist Denver but who ever did this get a group of supporters to carry cards into the game explaining what is going on and the web address and hand them out at the sections that need to participate and make sure it really works aganist the Saints.
ReplyDeleteStart a facebook group. It would probably spread the word faster.
ReplyDelete@David: Great suggestions. Did you see this post on things people can do to help out at the game?
ReplyDeletehttp://fire-snyder-sign.blogspot.com/2009/10/4-ways-you-can-make-sign-happen.html
I'm in 419 and want to participate. :(
ReplyDeletethe only problem is are enough people going to be sitting up there for this to work???? i really hope so
ReplyDeleteOk Fire the owner....The fans fired an owner once in Baltimore...Problem was he took the team with him...Fans said he couldnt do it ---but----he did. Funny thing is at the end of the year when they bring a whole new staff in the fans will get all excited again, but remember. The same guys who hired the last staff will be making this selection...But listen they are our team good our bad WE ARE REDSKINS FANS!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe owner isn't going to fire himself. Win or lose his gigantic stacks of cash keep him warm at night. How about asking for something a little more feasible and useful like "Fire Vinny"?
ReplyDelete@Rick: Duh. You're sort of missing the point. Snyder is an egomaniac obsessed with maintaining the illusion of control at all times. The sign publicly and humiliatingly punctures his illusion in a way that's impossible to ascribe to media enemies or a handful of fan malcontents.
ReplyDelete@Anon: I understand /why/ the action is taking place; I'm just saying the the message itself doesn't make sense. If you just want to show that "it can be done and he can't stop it" you may as well have it say "WE WANT CAKE" for all the good it'll do. I applaud the effort and hope that it can be pulled off..I'd just advise doing it with a more useful message.
ReplyDeleteI'm the creator of this blog. For what it's worth I'll write a post in the next day or so explaining why I chose "FIRE SNYDER".
ReplyDeleteAs for whether it will do any good--well I happen to think the "good" is in the fun of the stunt itself. Especially in a year when we can't take much pleasure in watching the the actual games.
Daniel snyder is the worst thing to ever happen to the Washington redskins. I like many of you hope he dies, soon. I think the upperdeck sign is a wonderful idea. DO NOT walk out on the players, he already has the money.. A mass walkout is disrespectful to the players (who in a far worse spot than any of the fans) put their bodies in harms way week in and week out. You think we hate snyder? Imagine finding out the next several years of your career are going to be spent playing for the most childish, egotistical, inept owner in the league. Snyders ownership style is something between bush's rangers and al davis' raiders (post 1990)
ReplyDeleteRedskins fan could never get orginzed enough to pull this stunt off.
ReplyDeleteWho's the retard who came up with this one?
ReplyDeleteSnyder is the owner of the Redskins, and therefore can't be fired. Hope I didn't burst anyone's bubble here.
@CT You're an idiot. It's not to actually fire Snyder, obviously the fans can't. It's to get the message out in a very public manner to state how we feel.
ReplyDeleteSo before you make another unintelligent comment, use your 'retarded' brain to think a little next time before you type.
Just get the whole stadium to chant SNYDER SUCKS everytime the Skins F up! This will be a lot easier to pull off IMO.
ReplyDeleteSNYDER SUCKS, SNYDER SUCKS,SNYDER SUCKS, SNYDER SUCKS!!!
and you call yourself fans ? remember the 7 years before he bought the team, we were just as bad.
ReplyDeleteI think there will be plenty of Denver fans there. Denver is a team worth watching.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why people are jumping on those who think a "Fire Snyder" sign is misdirected angst. I understand this it is a "figurative" message not literal, but others on this board have a point. We as Skins fans shouldnt be wishing for pipe dreams such as Snyder's Death or him selling the team. It makes a lot more sense to hope for something realistic, like this man firing Cerrato and actually bringing in a real GM and Coach. He took a step back into the shadows when Gibbs came back, and he will likely be forced to do it again when a GM is in place. I'd rather let Snyder know how dissatisfied we are with the GM/Front office structure, than some ambiguous message of hatred for the owner.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea!
ReplyDeleteNext time we could do "U Suck." Shorter.
Am posting this on Facebook, etc.
Thanks!
To the person who suggested going to the concession stands with 6 minutes left in the 2nd quarter, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING AT THE CONCESSION STANDS. HIT THE DANNY WHERE IT HURTS MOST - HIS WALLET, THE ONLY THING DEARER TO HIM THAN "HIS" REDSKINS.
ReplyDeletein order to be effective this needs to be posted someplace like the Washington Post!
ReplyDeleteIt has been posted at the WP! And many many other places! Almost 30,000 visitors in one week!
ReplyDeleteIf you go to the games, don't buy the food or the Redskin merchandise. By all means, don't renew your season tickets.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and I would be all over it if I were in those sections -- BUT!! I am already confused... are the letters in red or white? It's totally possible to pull off IF the directions are clear for everyone.
ReplyDeleteThe letters are now WHITE! See UPDATE 2 at the end of this post for the reasons. They won't change again.
ReplyDeleteI think the best way to pull this off might be to use twitter - not a huge fan of it myself but at least that way on game day people in those sections could inform those sitting elsewhere if there are empty seats needing to be filled in, etc.
ReplyDeleteGood idea! Twitter link added...
ReplyDeletehttp://twitter.com/firesnydersign
the only problem with this is Dan Snyder is the owner, he can't be fired. and he isn't gonna quit. i still like the idea but next time you should make it fire vinny
ReplyDeleteI work for the Skins on gamedays, and would be proud of any group of fans that pulls the FIRE SNYDER visual sign off.
ReplyDeleteIt is a damn shame that the ownership /management of the team has succeeded in alienating the life blood of the team - the die hard (working too damn hard) FANS !!!
the problem is, Snyder will do nothing nor care. he's a douche plain and simple. all he wants is money. you really want to get at him? don't go. the team is nothing but a bunch of whiny overpaid brats who can't play anyways. chances are Snyder is pulling a "Major League" and making it so he can sell the team to another city make off with massive amounts of money and screw D.C.
ReplyDeletethis is the dumbest thing i have ever read
ReplyDeletedid it work!?
ReplyDeleteHey this could be done at Orioles games too - F I R E A N G E L O S. What a great concept. Thank you fellow Redskins Fans. An Orioles Fan.
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