The Capital Centre (also briefly known as US Airways Arena and also known as the USAir Arena) was an indoor arena located in Landover, Maryland; a suburb of Washington, DC. Completed in 1973, the arena sat 18,756 for basketball and 18,130 for hockey. It was renamed for corporate sponsor US Airways in 1993, but reverted back to its original name of Capital Centre after the airline dropped naming rights. Abe Pollin (born December 3, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is the current owner of the NBAs Washington Wizards, and former owner of the NHLs Washington Capitals and WNBAs Washington Mystics. ... The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The Washington Warthogs were a professional soccer team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. ... The Continental Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997. ... Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by throwing a ball through a 10-foot high hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... The following is a list of indoor arenas. ... Landover is an area of Prince Georges County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... ARENA may refer to either: Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party in El Salvador. ... Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by throwing a ball through a 10-foot high hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... US Airways is an American low-cost airline[1] headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, owned by US Airways Group, Inc. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

The arena was the home of the Washington Wizards of the NBA from 1973-97, the Washington Capitals of the NHL from 1974-97 and the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team from 1981-97. The Wizards were known as the Bullets until 1997, and played the first 20 games of the 1997-98 NBA season at the old arena. All three teams departed for the MCI Center (now Verizon Center) just north of The Mall in D.C. when it opened on December 2, 1997. The Capital Centre hosted its first NBA game exactly 24 years earlier on December 2, 1973, with the home team defeating the same visiting team, the Seattle Supersonics. During November 1973, the Capital Bullets held their home games at nearby Cole Field House on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park. The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... “NHL” redirects here. ... A blonde haired, very skilled worker with a 70s look. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... The Georgetown Hoyas are the athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University in college sports. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... The 1997-98 NBA season was the 52nd season of the National Basketball Association. ... The Verizon Center is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Cole Field House was the home of the University of Maryland basketball teams from 1955 to 2002. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ... College Park is a city in Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA, United States. ...

The ACC men's basketball tournament was held there in 1976, 1981, and 1987. The 1980 NBA All-Star Game and 1982 NHL All-Star Game were held there, as was the WWF's Survivor Series 1995. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ... The National Hockey League All-Star Game (French: Match des Étoiles de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey) is an exhibition ice hockey game that marks the midway point of the National Hockey Leagues regular season, with many of the star players playing against each other. ... Survivor Series 1995 was the ninth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event for the World Wrestling Federation. ...

The Washington/Maryland Commandos of the Arena Football League also called the arena home from 1987 to 1990. The Maryland Arrows, Washington Wave and Washington Power lacrosse teams used the arena, as did The Washington Warthogs professional indoor soccer team. Categories: Stub | Defunct American football teams | Washington, DC sports ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The Washington Wave were a member of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1987 to 1989. ... The Washington Power were a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. ... The Washington Warthogs were a professional soccer team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. ...

The video documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot was created by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986 in the parking lot outside this venue. It documents the heavy metal fans waiting on May 31 1986 for a Judas Priest concert (with special guests Dokken). When the documentary was filmed, the venue was named the Capital Centre. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a video documentary produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986. ... Jeff Krulik is a director of independent films and a former Discovery Channel producer. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1968 in Birmingham. ... Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1977. ...

The Capital Centre was home to several Toys For Tots concerts in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The arena was imploded on December 15, 2002 to make way for The Boulevard at the Capital Centre, a town center-style shopping mall. June 2006 demolition of the 12-story Tencza Apartment building in Arlington, Virginia. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Boulevard at the Capital Centre as seen from the parking garage of the nearby Largo Town Center Metro station. ...

Legacy

The Capital Centre was the first indoor arena to have a video replay screen on its center-hung scoreboard. The video screen was known as the "Telscreen" and predated the DiamondVision video screen at Dodger Stadium by seven years. It was also the first arena to be built with luxury boxes and a computerized turnstile system. Dodger Stadium is a large outdoor baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California at Chávez Ravine. ... A luxury box or luxury suite is a special seating section in arenas and stadiums. ... Turnstiles at Alewife subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. ...

The Centre also had one of the NBA's most notorious fans, Robin Ficker, who for twelve seasons sat behind the visiting team's bench and heckled opposing players.

The Centre is also noted for being the arena chosen to house the spectacular debut of Goldust in November of 1995 at the Survivor Series. Virgil Runnels III (born April 11, 1966 in Austin, Texas; often called Dustin Runnels) is a professional wrestler who has competed in the WWE and WCW. He is best-known for his WWE character of Goldust (during one period called The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust), a sexually ambiguous movie... Official Survivor Series logo. ...

External Links

• Sports Illustrated First game in MCI Arena - 02-Dec-1997