For months, D.C.’s mayor quietly worked to bring the teams’ owner back to the negotiating table, sweetening D.C.’s offer just as the arena plan was crumbling in Virginia.
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and Ted Leonsis, the owner of the Wizards and Capitals, at a news conference Wednesday following their announcement that the teams will stay at Capital One Arena in the District.
It was the first of several meetings, in the same place, on the same couch, that ultimately helped Bowser lure “All those pieces came together at the exact right time,” Bowser said, noting that after she rolled outThen came March 9, when the Virginia General Assembly adjourned — and left the $2 billion Potomac Yard arena plan out of the budget, a crucial setback for Youngkin’s effort to score his own legacy-defining economic development win.“When Monumental made its announcement in December, the District had no leverage left to change his mind. However, we did nothing to burn bridges,” Mendelson said.
anchored by a Bed, Bath and Beyond and a movie theater, plus underground parking and office space. The pandemic hasn’t been kind to the mall, which sits right next to Capital One Arena and Monumental’s new offices; it’s now half-vacant and“I heard what he said in Virginia about being able to build from scratch, being able to have this pedestrian space and being able to get bigger,” Bowser said.
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