Capital One Arena, formerly known as MCI Center and Verizon Center, is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications, and has been nicknamed the "Phone Booth" because of its association with telecommunications companies. It is located in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington and sits atop the Gallery Place-Chinatown station on the Washington Metro. The arena is home to the Washington Wizards of the NBA, Washington Capitals of the NHL, Georgetown University men's basketball, and Washington Mystics of the WNBA, and was formerly home to the Washington Power of the NLL from 2001–2002. It seats 20,278 for basketball and 18,398 for hockey. The arena is now owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, on land leased from the city of Washington. It was built with 100% private financing and originally owned by Abe Pollin from 1997-June 2010. Following Pollin's death in November 2009, on June 10, 2010, the Pollin family sold Verizon Center, the Wizards, and the Washington-Baltimore area Ticketmaster franchise to Ted Leonsis. Leonsis formed a new management company called Monumental Sports & Entertainment. The arena is largely considered a commercial and cultural success and is regarded as one of the driving catalyst's of the revitalization and gentrification of Washington's Chinatown neighborhood.
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- WCW Starrcade - December 28, 1997
- WCW Nitro - June 1, 1998
- WCW Starrcade - December 27, 1998
- WCW Nitro - June 14, 1999
- RAW is WAR - November 1, 1999
- Jakked - November 6, 1999
- WCW Starrcade - December 19, 1999
- Backlash - April 30, 2000
- RAW is WAR - October 2, 2000
- Jakked - October 7, 2000
- WCW Starrcade - December 17, 2000
- RAW is WAR - March 5, 2001
- SmackDown - March 8, 2001
- Jakked - March 10, 2001
- Heat - March 11, 2001
- SmackDown - August 2, 2001
- Heat - August 5, 2001
- SmackDown - January 3, 2002
- Heat - January 6, 2002
- RAW - February 3, 2003
- Heat - February 9, 2003
- RAW - September 22, 2003
- Heat - September 28, 2003
- SmackDown - January 29, 2004
- Velocity - January 31, 2004
- RAW - July 19, 2004
- Heat - July 25, 2004
- Heat - August 21, 2005
- SummerSlam - August 21, 2005
- RAW - February 27, 2006
- SmackDown - March 3, 2006
- ECW - August 15, 2006
- SmackDown - August 18, 2006
- RAW - December 18, 2006
- RAW - March 12, 2007
- Heat - March 16, 2007
- Cyber Sunday - October 28, 2007
- Saturday Night's Main Event - August 2, 2008
- RAW - December 1, 2008
- ECW - December 2, 2008
- RAW - July 27, 2009
- Superstars - July 30, 2009
- Survivor Series - November 22, 2009
- Capitol Punishment - June 19, 2011
- RAW - April 9, 2012
- RAW - December 31, 2012
- Superstars - January 4, 2013
- RAW - April 1, 2013
- Main Event - April 3, 2013
- Superstars - April 5, 2013
- SmackDown - April 5, 2013
- Saturday Morning Slam - April 27, 2013
- Main Event - January 1, 2014
- SmackDown - January 3, 2014
- RAW - March 31, 2014
- Main Event - April 1, 2014
- Superstars - April 4, 2014
- SmackDown - April 4, 2014
- RAW - June 23, 2014
- Superstars - June 27, 2014
- RAW - December 29, 2014
- Superstars - January 1, 2015
- Main Event - March 3, 2015
- SmackDown - March 5, 2015
- RAW - June 29, 2015
- Superstars - July 2, 2015
- Main Event - December 29, 2015
- SmackDown - December 31, 2015
- Battleground - July 24, 2016
- SmackDown - December 13, 2016
- Tribute to the Troops - December 14, 2016
- RAW - July 24, 2017
- Main Event - July 26, 2017
- SmackDown - January 23, 2018
- 205 Live - January 23, 2018
- SmackDown 1000 - October 16, 2018
- 205 Live - October 16, 2018
- RAW - April 1, 2019
- Main Event - April 3, 2019
- AEW Dynamite - October 2, 2019
- AEW Dark - October 8, 2019
- RAW - March 9, 2020
- Main Event - March 11, 2020
- RAW - August 15, 2022
- Main Event - August 18, 2022
- RAW - December 5, 2022
- Main Event - December 8, 2022
- SmackDown - March 3, 2023
- AEW Dynamite - June 14, 2023
- AEW Rampage - June 16, 2023
- RAW - November 13, 2023
- Main Event - November 16, 2023
- SmackDown - August 23, 2024
- Speed - August 30, 2024
- Speed - September 4, 2024