What is Capital One Arena?
[[Image:Verizon Center wide.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Capital One Arena]] '''Capital One Arena''' is a [[sport]]s [[arena]] in [[Washington D.C.]] The arena opened on [[December 2]], [[1997]], and is the current home to the [[Washington Capitals]] on the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), [[Washington Wizards]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), [[Washington Mystics]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA), the [[Washington Valor]] of the [[Arena Football League]], and the [[Georgetown University]] men's basketball team. The arena was also home to the [[Washington Power]] of the [[National Lacrosse League]] (NLL) from 2001 to 2002. The arena was originally known as '''MCI Center''' from 1997 to 2006. It became '''Verizon Center''' in January 2006 when [[Verizon|Verizon Communications]] acquired the naming rights for the arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2283463|access-date=2013-12-03|title=Name change: MCI Center to be Verizon Center|date=7 January 2006|publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> The name changed again in August 2017 when [[Capital One]] acquired naming rights.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2017/08/09/washington-wizards-verizon-center-renamed-capital-one-arena/552221001/ |title=Washington Wizards' Verizon Center renamed Capital One Arena |first=Scott |last=Gleeson |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=August 9, 2017 |access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref> Capital One Arena has held many [[WWE]] events as well including: [[SummerSlam (2005)|SummerSlam]] in 2005, [[Cyber Sunday (2007)|Cyber Sunday]] in 2007, [[Survivor Series (2009)|Survivor Series]] in 2009 and [[WWE Capitol Punishment]] in 2011. Aside from WWE, the arena also hosted [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW)'s [[Starrcade]] [[pay-per-view]] in [[Starrcade (1997)|1997]], [[Starrcade (1998)|1998]], [[Starrcade (1999)|1999]] and [[Starrcade (2000)|2000]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.capitalonearena.com/ Official website] {{NBA aren