Abe Pollin

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businessperson human real estate developer sports executive

Abe Pollin was an American real estate developer and sports executive best known for owning multiple Washington, D.C. professional sports franchises and for financing and building the Capital Centre and later the MCI Center (now Capital One Arena).

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abe Pollin canonical 5
Abraham Pollin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ
sports executive ⓘ
awardReceived NBA Lifetime Achievement Award (posthumous recognition by league/teams) ⓘ
birthDate 1923-12-03 ⓘ
causeOfDeath progressive supranuclear palsy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2009-11-24 ⓘ
developed Capital Centre ⓘ
Capital One Arena site ⓘ
MCI Center ⓘ
employer Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Washington Sports and Entertainment
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Pollin ⓘ
founded Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Washington Sports and Entertainment
fullName Abe Pollin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abraham Pollin
givenName Abraham ⓘ
honor Washington Wizards retired jersey-style banner with his name ⓘ
knownFor ownership of Washington Bullets / Washington Wizards ⓘ
ownership of Washington Capitals ⓘ
ownership of Washington Mystics ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
National Hockey League ⓘ
Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
notableWork development of Capital Centre ⓘ
development of MCI Center ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ
sports executive ⓘ
owned Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore Bullets (NBA)

Capital Centre ⓘ
Washington Wizards ⓘ
surface form: Washington Bullets

Washington Capitals ⓘ
Washington Mystics ⓘ
Washington Wizards ⓘ
philanthropicFocus community development in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld chairman of Washington Sports and Entertainment ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sportsTeamOwnerOf Washington Wizards ⓘ
surface form: Washington Bullets

Washington Capitals ⓘ
Washington Mystics ⓘ
Washington Wizards ⓘ
spouse Irene Pollin ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Capital Bullets → owner → Abe Pollin ⓘ
Capital Centre → owner → Abe Pollin ⓘ
Abe Pollin → fullName → Abe Pollin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abraham Pollin
Pollin → hasNotableBearer → Abe Pollin ⓘ
Irene Pollin → spouse → Abe Pollin ⓘ
Irene Pollin → partnerInBusinessWith → Abe Pollin ⓘ