Reported by the Loudoun Times:
The team has held training camp at the facility, located off of Loudoun County Parkway, since 2002.
Yet every year appears to be the one that will pull the region’s team closer to the nation’s capital.
More specifically, George Mason University.
The discussion came up last year as well, with the Washington Post’s Mike Jones reporting that the Redskins planned to move training camp to the Fairfax-based university.
It never materialized, and the team announced on March 24, 2011, that they would be staying in Ashburn, its ninth straight year in the county.
“I have heard about the passionate fans and the huge, enthusiastic crowds that come out to support our team during training camp,” Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan said in a media statement when he was hired in 2009. “I’m looking forward to sharing in this experience for the first time.”
The team first moved to Ashburn when it opened Redskins Park in 2000, but then moved camp to Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. before returning to Loudoun.
In 2009, Shanahan said he may think about moving camp, but that it is difficult to find the perfect environment.
“I would like to go to a camp, but I’m not sure if that’s possible because you have to have a quality field [and] meeting rooms. We’ll look into what’s best for the Redskins.”
For the complete article go to Redskins 'Exploring Options' To Move Training Camp.
