Capital Centre

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entertainment venue indoor arena sports venue

Capital Centre was a now-demolished indoor sports and entertainment arena in Landover, Maryland, that once hosted the Washington Capitals and Washington Bullets.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf entertainment venue ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Cap Centre ⓘ
architect Vincent G. Kling ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1973 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolished 2002 ⓘ
demolitionCompleted 2002-12 ⓘ
demolitionMethod implosion ⓘ
formerName US Airways Arena ⓘ
US Airways Arena ⓘ
surface form: USAir Arena
hostedTeamLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
National Hockey League ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
location Landover, Maryland ⓘ
notableEventHosted NBA games ⓘ
NHL games ⓘ
boxing matches ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
professional wrestling events ⓘ
notableFeature early use of video replay screens ⓘ
in-arena video scoreboard ⓘ
opened 1973-12-02 ⓘ
owner Abe Pollin ⓘ
parkingType surface parking lots ⓘ
primaryUse basketball ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
region Prince George’s County, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Prince George's County, Maryland
replacedBy MCI Center ⓘ
seatingCapacity 18000 ⓘ
status demolished ⓘ
structureType indoor, enclosed arena ⓘ
successorVenueLocation Downtown Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center / Capital One Arena)
surfaceType multi-surface ⓘ
tenant Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball ⓘ
Washington Wizards ⓘ
surface form: Washington Bullets

Washington Capitals ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abe Pollin → developed → Capital Centre ⓘ
Caps → formerArena → Capital Centre ⓘ
Capital Bullets → homeArena → Capital Centre ⓘ
Abe Pollin → owned → Capital Centre ⓘ