Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro.

Dec 1, 2017 · When what’s now known as the Capital One Arena opened on Dec. 2, 1997, Chinatown was struggling. The neighborhood was known more for its Chinese immigrants — many of them elderly — and businesses that were hanging on. Today, the neighborhood bustles day and night with sports fans and tourists.

Mar 4, 2024 · Down the block from the Friendship Arch looms Capital One Arena, home of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards, whose potential move to Northern Virginia is all but certain to once again...

Feb 5, 2024 · News that Washington, DC, could lose two professional sports teams has raised question marks about the future of the downtown neighborhood where the teams’ million-square-foot Capital One...

Nov 27, 2023 · An enormous contribution to the decline was as a result of the development of the Capital One Arena on F Street Chinatown. The Capital One Arena finished construction in 1997, and since its establishment, has attracted numerous high-scale, non-Chinese businesses, resulting in increased rent, increased cost of living, and decreased access to ...

Nov 30, 2023 · Now called the Capital One Arena, the venue drew thousands of fans to the neighborhood to watch basketball, hockey, and concerts. New restaurants and shops opened as the area rapidly gentrified, displacing much of the Chinese community that had once thrived there.

Dec 17, 2024 · WASHINGTON (7News) — The D.C. Council unanimously approved the Downtown Arena Revitalization Act Tuesday, a move that allows the city to purchase Capital One Arena from Monumental Sports &...

Apr 10, 2020 · For many, the opening of MCI Center – now Capital One arena – in 1996 was the final blow. Shirley Woo, now 71, remembers a Chinatown that was more residential. Harry Chow observed, “it became so expensive to live and run shops that the mom-and-pop Chinese grocery stores that used to cater to the Chinese community could no longer afford it.

Dec 1, 2023 · The neighborhoods around the arena are particularly impacted by federal workers being slow to return to offices, says Yesim Sayin, Executive Director of the D.C. Policy Center, due to the presence of federal agencies like the FBI …

Apr 29, 2019 · Almost a half-century since “Ping Pong Diplomacy,” Washington is once again using sports to connect with China. But, this time, the international relations aren't being extended from the White...