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.