Stadium
Capital One Arena
Downtown sports and concert arena built with a private fortune, not tax dollars, above a Metro station.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, D.C. opens on the night in December 1997 when the Wizards took the court in a brand-new arena built by owner Abe Pollin's own fortune, not the city's. It traces why Pollin insisted on this rundown Chinatown block over suburban money, and the deal that brought the District in as a partner. Along the way it follows the arena's name changes and Washington's later fight to keep its teams from moving away.
This audio guide was created using AI.