Washington DC’s Capital One Arena, home of the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards, is likely to become the first sports arena in the country to have a sportsbook ...

D.C. still aims to retain the Washington Capitals and Wizards, but it's also planning on a future without the franchises, their fanbases or their home arena.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed legislation to buy Capital One Arena for $87.5 million after months of negotiations to keep the Washington Capitals and Wizards playing in the District.

Signs outside of Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. on March 27, 2024. (7News) TOPICS: D.C. Monumental Sports & Entertainment Capital One Arena Renovation Wizards Capitals Agreement Virginia.

Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Wizards, Capitals and Mystics, has asked D.C. for $600 million of public funding for a major renovation of Capital One Arena, according to two ...

But when the city broke ground on the MCI Arena — now Capital One Arena — in 1995, the neighborhood really took off. Popular DC Mayor Marion Barry was a driving force for the project ...

Capital One Arena became the first U.S. professional sports arena with a sportsbook inside its walls when the 20,000-square-foot William Hill (now Caesars) sportsbook opened in 2021.

On Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser detailed a plan to buy Capital One Arena from Monumental Sports and Entertainment for $87.5 million and then lease it to the company, which owns the Washington ...

The downtown D.C. venue is in line for a massive renovation. Monumental Sports & Entertainment hopes to breathe new life into Capital One Arena, including activating the 27-year-old entertainment ...

25 years at Capital One Arena: How DC became a hockey town originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington. WASHINGTON — The D.C.-area snowstorm of February 2010 is remembered by many residents and ...

Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, D.C. has been home to both teams since 1997 and the teams will continue to play there until they solve their arena situation going forward.