What is Capital Centre?
[[File:Capital Centre satellite view.png|thumb|Aerial view of the Capital Centre in April 2002]] The '''Capital Centre''' was a multi-use stadium located in [[Landover, Maryland|Landover]], [[Maryland]]. The arena used to serve as the home for the [[Washington Capitals]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) and the [[Washington Wizards|Capital/Washington Bullets/Wizards]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). It was also home to the [[Georgetown University|Georgetown]] [[Georgetown Hoyas|Hoyas]], the [[Washington Commandos|Washington/Maryland Commandos]] of the [[Arena Football League]] (AFL), the [[Washington Wave]] of the [[National Lacrosse League|Major Indoor Lacrosse League]] (MILL), the [[Washington Warthogs]] of the [[Continental Indoor Soccer League]] (CISL), and the [[Washington Power]] of the [[National Lacrosse League]] (NLL). The arena first started to be built on August 24, 1972. Construction for the building cost $16 million. A week before it opened, the arena had failed an inspection by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and Bullets owner [[Abe Pollin]] had to get parts for the sewage treatment plant for the arena from [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. The arena would be opened on December 2, 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/12/01/capital-centre-50th-anniversary/|accessdate=January 10, 2024|title=Capital Centre opened 50 years ago with Telscreen, cold hot dogs and a win|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> On December 2, 1973, the first event took place. The then-[[Washington Wizards|Capital Bullets]] defeated the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] 98–96 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,035 in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1993/12/02/bullets-get-nostalgia-supersonics/f1f86d01-492f-472e-8401-37726c228120/|accessdate=January 10, 2024|title=Bullets Get Nostalgia, SuperSonics|publisher=The Washingt