Under the legislation, $515 million in D.C.’s capital budget will go toward renovations to Capital One Arena and improvements to the surrounding area, including the Gallery Place building…
Read more DC Council unanimously approves hundreds of millions in funding for Capital One Arena renovations – WTOP NewsNow that the push to move the Capitals and the Wizards to Virginia’s Alexandria area has been nixed state Sen. L. Louise Lucas is putting the blame squarely…
Read more Youngkin ‘boggled’ Caps, Wizards deal ‘from the beginning,’ Va. Sen. Lucas says – WTOP NewsCapitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis said he had become political “collateral damage” as Virginia lawmakers considered his plan to move the teams out of D.C. and build…
Read more Monumental CEO Ted Leonsis says he was political ‘collateral damage’ in failed Alexandria arena deal – WTOP NewsThe Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards would stay in D.C. until 2050, under a $515 million deal announced Wednesday by the mayor and teams’ owner. Ted Leonsis, right,…
Read more DC reaches deal to keep Capitals, Wizards at Capital One Arena until 2050 after Va. agreement falls apart – WTOP NewsAnother bill that would create a sports arena in Alexandria, Virginia, for the Wizards and Capitals is dead, according to the Prince William County delegate who sponsored it.…
Read more Another Alexandria arena project bill dead, negotiations will move to budget bill – WTOP NewsA deal that would move the Washington Wizards and Capitals to a new arena in Alexandria continues to take heat with Monumental Sports and Entertainment jumping to address…
Read more Is the deal to build Wizards, Capitals arena in Alexandria falling apart? Here’s where things stand — and what the key players are saying – WTOP NewsLegislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily cleared an early hurdle in the…
Read more Bill to help relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards sails through 1st Virginia legislative hearing – WTOP News“We’re trying to represent the thousands of Alexandria residents who are opposed to this project,” said Andrew MacDonald, the former vice mayor of Alexandria. ‘Stop the Arena’ protestors…
Read more ‘Stop the Arena’ group buses to Richmond to lobby against Potomac Yard project – WTOP News
