Washington Capitals, Wizards Teams Set to Move to New Virginia Entertainment District

The likely move of Washington’s professional hockey and basketball teams comes amid a surge of violent crime in Chinatown, where the teams play.
Washington Capitals, Wizards Teams Set to Move to New Virginia Entertainment District
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin gestures to supporters while arriving at Piney Branch Elementary School in Bristow, Va., on Nov. 7, 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Dec. 13 a $2 billion plan for a new entertainment district that would include drawing the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards across the Potomac River to play in a new arena in Northern Virginia.

The relocation of the U.S. capital’s professional hockey and basketball teams is all but a done deal, even amid District of Columbia officials’ efforts to keep the teams in Chinatown, where their arena, the Capital One Center, is located.
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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