On Wednesday night, the Capitals will be hosting the Carolina Hurricanes to play Game Seven in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Rally towels were placed around Capital One Arena to spell out the team’s own rally cry, “Unleash the Fury”.
By Elyse Bailey 2 months ago
As the Carolina Hurricanes warmed up for Game Two against the Washington Capitals this afternoon, a potentially bad omen fell upon them. Literally.
A dead rat.
Warning: this is very very gross and I will not blame you if you X out your screen and go hide under your bed.
Washington Capitals majority owner Ted Leonsis ambled on top one of the Capital One Arena’s Olympia ice resurfacers, Friday, for a good promotional cause.
The Capitals are teaming with Giant to allow, you, fellow Caps fan, to take a ride around the ice during intermission. You can now reserve your seat for the 2019-20 season.
Last week, video game publisher Ubisoft released Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, a post-apocalyptic first-person shooter set in Washington, DC. The game features a lot of DC-ish landmarks, which is my way of saying there’s a bunch of oblique references to the Caps, and Capital One Arena is a major setting.
By Peter Hassett 3 months ago
Tuesday at Capital One Arena, the Washington Capitals will be hosting the 2019 Chel Classic, a 3v3 EA NHL19 showcase against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
By Elyse Bailey 3 months ago
There’s a new photo hanging on the side of Capital One Arena and the photographer is none other than Nicklas Backstrom.
Unveiled on Thursday, the billboard-sized photograph is an ad for Apple’s iPhone XS phone and is a twist on Apple’s “Shot with iPhone” campaign. Instead of crowd-sourcing ads from social media, Apple has enlisted NHL players to share their candid photos, taken with the iPhone XS.
The photo that Backstrom took is of Alex Ovechkin’s back, during what looks like warmups at Carolina’s PNC Arena.
By Elizabeth Kong 4 months ago
In early February 2018, $40 million of improvements were announced for Capital One Arena. This past summer, after the Capitals claimed their first ever Stanley Cup Championship, those renovations were completed. As part of the renovations, fans saw the completion of new seating, a revamped team store, and the 100 and 400 levels of the arena were given a facelift.
Thursday morning Monumental Sports and Entertainment announced that an additional $15 million in improvements will be made to the arena in the summer of 2019, following the completion of the Capitals’ and Wizards’ seasons.
By Rachel Cohen 4 months ago
Capital One Arena has a new intermission game during the Capitals home games.
Picture a real-life game of Pac-Man, where players are donuts who have to run around the ice collecting coffee cups to score points. But be careful! Don’t get caught by the donut chomper and you’ll lose all yer points.
The game is played using an interactive projection onto the ice and is the first of its kind being rolled out by Dunkin’ Donuts.
By Elizabeth Kong 4 months ago
Tuesday night, the State of the Union address will be taking place at the same time as the Capitals take on the Vancouver Canucks at Capital One Arena.
President Trump’s speech will affect traffic near the arena with a variety of road closures and restricted parking.
By Rachel Cohen 4 months ago
After an eight-day break, the Washington Capitals officially returned to the ice at Capital One Arena Friday to take on the Calgary Flames.
For some Capitals fans, it was a soggy experience trying to enter the arena.
According to RMNB’s Cara Bahniuk, only half the ticket entrances at F Street were open shortly before game time due to water flooding the entrances.
