Community activist Ron Moten is threatening a boycott of the teams if Monumental Sports and Entertainment doesn’t stop the move from Capital One Arena.
Monumental Sports is asking the District for $600 million in taxpayer dollars to renovate the sports arena.
Monumental Sports and Entertaiment is opening a live esports theatre right next to the IRL-sports venue, Capital One Arena.
“We’ve got a puncher’s chance” at making the second round of the playoffs, one fan tells us.
Meanwhile, Nationals Park and Audi Field can welcome 25% of their capacities back to the stands.
Better known for baseball and beer lines, Nationals Park has a new purpose this week: polling place.
On Friday, D.C.’s first official sportsbook opened at Capital One Arena, also becoming the first in the nation to be located in a professional sports arena or stadium.
Sports fans will soon have one less pre/post-game bar option.
Betters would be able to enter it without a ticket to the arena, meaning a sportsbook there could operate at all hours of the day, independently of the arena’s games.
The Iron Chef star’s Mediterranean restaurant concept Olilo opened in Capital One Arena this month.
