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	'''The Capital One Arena''' is an [[Indoor Arena\|indoor arena]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Owned by [[Monumental Sports & Entertainment]], it is the home arena of the [[Washington Capitals]] of the [[National Hockey League]], the [[Washington Wizards]] of the [[National Basketball Association]], the [[Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball\|Georgetown University men's basketball team]], the [[Washington Mystics]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association\|WNBA]], and the [[Washington Valor]] of the [[Arena Football League]].		'''The Capital One Arena''' is an [[Indoor Arena\|indoor arena]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Owned by [[Monumental Sports & Entertainment]], it is the home arena of the [[Washington Capitals]] of the [[National Hockey League]], the [[Washington Wizards]] of the [[National Basketball Association]], the [[Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball\|Georgetown University men's basketball team]], the [[Washington Mystics]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association\|WNBA]], and the [[Washington Valor]] of the [[Arena Football League]].

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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" |'''Capital One Arena''' 
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Former names'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |MCI Center (1997–2006) Verizon Center (2006–2017)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Address'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |601 F Street NW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Washington, D.C.]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Geographic Coordinate System|Coordinates]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |38°53′53″N 77°1′15″W
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Public transit'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Washington Metro]]''' at [[Gallery Place Station|Gallery Place]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Owner'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Ted Leonsis|Monumental Sports & Entertainment]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Operator'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |Monumental Sports & Entertainment
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Seating Capacity|Capacity]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Basketball]]: 20,674 (1997–2002) 20,173 (2002–2010) 20,278 (2010–2011) 20,282 (2011–2012) 20,308 (2012–2013) 20,356 (2013–present) [[Ice Hockey|Ice hockey]]: 19,740 (1997–1999) 18,672 (1999–2002) 18,277 (2002–2010) 18,398 (2010–2011) 18,506 (2011–present)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Field size'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |1,020,000 square feet (95,000 m2)
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Construction'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Broke ground'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |October 18, 1995
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Opened'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |December 2, 1997
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Construction cost'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |US$260 million ($388 million in 2016 dollars)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Architect'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Ellerbe Becket]] [[Marshall Purnell|Devrouax & Purnell]] [[SmithGroupJJ|RKCF-SHG Architects]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Project manager'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |Seagull Bay Sports, LLC.
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Structural engineer'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |Delon Hampton & Associates
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Services engineer'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |John J. Christie Associate
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''General contractor'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[A. James Clark|Clark]]/Smoot
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Construction'''
|}
'''The Capital One Arena''' is an [[Indoor Arena|indoor arena]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Owned by [[Monumental Sports & Entertainment]], it is the home arena of the [[Washington Capitals]] of the [[National Hockey League]], the [[Washington Wizards]] of the [[National Basketball Association]], the [[Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball|Georgetown University men's basketball team]], the [[Washington Mystics]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]], and the [[Washington Valor]] of the [[Arena Football League]].

Located in the [[Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)|Chinatown]] neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the Verizon Center sits atop the [[Gallery Place (WMATA Station)|Gallery Place]] [[Rapid Transit|rapid transit]] station of the [[Washington Metro]]. The arena has been largely considered to be a commercial success and is regarded as one of the driving catalysts of the revitalization (and [[Gentrification|gentrification]]) of Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood.

==History==

== Criticism ==
=== Gentrification ===

=== Ice quality issues===

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I Basketball Arenas|List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas]]

==References==

==External links==

Capital One Arena - Revision history

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