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Historical · NBA · NHL

Capital Centre

Former home of the Washington Bullets and the Washington Capitals

Landover, MD

Still to visit

Teams

  • Washington Bullets

    NBA · basketball

    1973–1997

  • Washington Capitals

    NHL · hockey

    1974–1997

Also known as USAir Arena · US Airways Arena

Stadium facts

Capacity
18,756
Basketball for 1989–1997. Hockey is listed at 18,130. Earlier basketball capacity is listed at 19,035.Source for capacity
Opened
December 2, 1973
Closed March 23, 2002. Imploded December 15, 2002.Source for opened
Cost
$18 million
Source for cost

Names and sponsors

  • Capital Centre

    1973–1993

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  • USAir Arena

    1993–1996

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  • US Airways Arena

    1996–2002

    The infobox lists this name through 1997. The article says it remained in use until demolition in 2002.

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  • Cap Centre

    Nickname

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  • The Cap

    Nickname

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  • The Centre

    Nickname

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Timeline

  1. 1973

  2. 1975

  3. 1978

  4. 1980

  5. 1997

  6. 1997

  7. 2002

  8. 2002

December 2, 1973

Bullets open with a sellout

The first NBA game was on December 2, 1973, and the Capital Bullets beat the Seattle SuperSonics 98–96 before a sellout. The Bullets had used Cole Field House for their October and November home games that fall. The Capitals arrived the next season as an expansion club.

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Upcoming schedule

This building is historic, so there is no upcoming home schedule.

Seating chart

Approximate — not an official seating chart.

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