Svrluga did a chat. A few items of note:
- CapOne Arena management believes they can book 100 dates a year, that's half of the current schedule
- Virginia's cost is likely to be $200 million in transportation improvements (including expanding the Potomac Yards station), plus using tax revenues generated by the project to pay bonds
- unknown impact on the MedStar ice rink. I assume they can survive without the Caps (and some opponents) practicing there
- Ted has rejected the DC offer and won't be asking for money to renovate CapOne
- Svrluga thinks that this minimizes the likelihood of Virginia going after the Commanders
- Metro cutbacks are a big concern, especially if Metro closes at 10 PM on game nights
- Bowser's admin had been in talks with Monumental for two years, but there was no sense of urgency until news broke of the Alexandria project
- DC shrunk the # of officers assigned to the arena on game nights from 27 to 3. Monumental had been paying for off-duty officers to work games
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/12/13/capitals-wizards-virginia/