MCI Center

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entertainment venue indoor arena sports venue

MCI Center, now known as Capital One Arena, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in Washington, D.C.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entertainment venue → indoor arena → sports venue →
alsoKnownAs	The Phone Booth →
architect	Ellerbe Becket →
brokeGround	1995-10-18 →
city	Washington, D.C. →
constructionCost	approximately 260 million US dollars →
country	United States →
formerNameOf	Capital One Arena →
formerTenant	Washington Mystics →
hasClubSeats	yes →
hasLuxurySuites	yes →
hasParking	underground parking garage →
hasScoreboard	center-hung scoreboard →
hasVideoBoard	yes →
hostedEventType	NBA games → NCAA basketball games → NHL games → arena football games → concerts → figure skating events → professional wrestling events →
locatedIn	United States → Washington, D.C. →
near	Penn Quarter →
neighborhood	Chinatown →
opened	1997-12-02 →
operator	Monumental Sports & Entertainment →
owner	Monumental Sports & Entertainment →
partOf	Downtown Washington, D.C. →
primaryUse	basketball → concerts → ice hockey →
publicTransit	Gallery Place–Chinatown station →
regionServed	Washington metropolitan area →
renamedAs	Capital One Arena → Verizon Center →
seatingCapacity	around 20000 →
sponsor	MCI Communications →
sponsoredNamePeriod	1997–2006 →
surface	multi-surface →
tenant	Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball → Washington Capitals → Washington Wizards →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abe Pollin →	developed
Capital One Arena →	formerName
The Phone Booth →	formerOfficialName
1998 Stanley Cup Finals →	game3Location
1998 Stanley Cup Finals →	game4Location
Washington Mystics →	previousHomeArena
The Phone Booth →	refersTo
Capital Centre →	replacedBy