THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Fanatics Sportsbook becoming a pregame destination for Commanders and opposing fan bases
An hour before the Eagles and Commanders kicked off Sunday’s game at FedEx Field, the chants of “E-A-G-L-E-S” filled the concourses between the gate entrances and field seating. Fans were scattered in different directions, looking for food and drinks and jeering the other’s fan base in a classic NFC East matchup that once again went down to the wire.
Next to the Commanders team store sits the Fanatics Sportsbook, the first of its kind inside an NFL stadium, after opening in January. But inside the sportsbook, the environment is the antithesis of what’s happening outside: calm, laid-back and a place of congregation. It’s the backdrop Fanatics was hoping for when the idea came to fruition.
“The TVs are great, it’s spacious ... it’s probably the best part of the stadium,” said Stan Dombrowski, an Eagles fan from Delaware County, sporting a kelly green Jason Kelce shirt…