Capital One Arena

Capital One Arena is home to the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the NHL’s 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, and the NCAA’s Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team. Boasting an average of 220 events per year, Capital One Arena is the heart of an $9.2 billion redevelopment that began 22 years ago when the arena was built and opened on Dec. 2, 1997. Since then the privately financed arena has hosted 47 million people and more than 4,500 events.

The surrounding neighborhood throughout the years has been rejuvenated by a plethora of restaurants, condominiums and businesses, making the Seventh Street corridor an entertainment destination. 

As an arena in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena has hosted a multitude of high-profile events in its history, ranging from the 2018 and 1998 Stanley Cup Finals to the NBA (2001) and WNBA (2002, 2007) All-Star games to the 2003 World Figure Skating Championship, the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament (2005, 2016), the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament (1998, 2002, 2008) as well as the second and third rounds (2011, 2019), the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament (2017) and the A10 Men’s Basketball Tournament (2018). 

Entertainment at the arena would not be complete without concerts and family shows ranging from all-time greats to current-day chart-topping artists. In the 22-year history of the arena some of the artists who have roamed the halls and mastered the stage at Capital One Arena include: U2, Lady Gaga, Madonna, The Three Tenors, Drake, Barbra Streisand, Bon Jovi, Prince, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Beyonce, the Dalai Lama, Tina Turner, Keith Urban, Paul Simon and Sting, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Usher, Disney on Ice and WWE.

In terms of history, two events have taken place every single year in the building dating back 40 plus years to the old Capital Centre, making them the longest tenured events between both buildings: the Harlem Globetrotters (1973) and the Washington International Horse Show (1975).

Other amenities in the arena include the Etihad Airways Lounge, The Ultra Club, Players Club, Devil's Backbone Lounge, MGM Lounge, and the Stella Artois Lounge and the Team Store. VIDA Fitness and Bang Salon, McDonald's, Chipotle, Dunkin Donuts, and Hertz also have retail locations at the arena.

The Hoyas have their own permanent locker room at the Capital One Arena including coaches' and trainers' offices. In its basketball configuration the arena seats 20,600 fans. 

Metro Access
The Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station is conveniently located directly underneath Capital One Arena with access to the Red, Yellow and Green lines. Click here for a Metro map.

Parking
There are approximately 10,000 parking spaces available in area parking lots and garages within 10 blocks of Capital One Arena.

For more information, please see:

• Capital One Arena Seating Chart
• Capital One Arena Official Web Site
• Directions
• Parking Information
• Georgetown Men's Basketball
• Ticket Information