Capital One Arena
Capital One Arena is a sports arena in Washington D.C. The arena opened on December 2, 1997, and is the current home to the Washington Capitals on the National Hockey League (NHL), Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), the Washington Valor of the Arena Football League, and the Georgetown University men's basketball team. The arena was also home to the Washington Power of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) from 2001 to 2002.
The arena was originally known as MCI Center from 1997 to 2006. It became Verizon Center in January 2006 when Verizon Communications acquired the naming rights for the arena.[1] The name changed again in August 2017 when Capital One acquired naming rights.[2]
Capital One Arena has held many WWE events as well including: SummerSlam in 2005, Cyber Sunday in 2007, Survivor Series in 2009 and WWE Capitol Punishment in 2011. Aside from WWE, the arena also hosted World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Starrcade pay-per-view in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.
References
change- ↑ "Name change: MCI Center to be Verizon Center". ESPN. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ↑ Gleeson, Scott (August 9, 2017). "Washington Wizards' Verizon Center renamed Capital One Arena". USA Today. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
