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Verizon Center Information
Verizon Center, managed by Washington Sports & Entertainment, LP, is home to the NBA's Washington Wizards, the WNBA's Washington Mystics, the NHL's Washington Capitals, and the Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball team.
Located in the heart of Chinatown off of the Gallery-Place Chinatown Metro stop, Verizon Center is only a few steps away from the White House and hosts more than 220 events and concerts each year.
Since debuting in December of 1997, the state-of-the-art $200 million sports and entertainment facility has entertained over 21 million patrons with over 1,735 world class sporting events, concerts and family shows. The 2006 Washington Regional Round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, the 2005 ACC Tournament, the 2003 World Figure Skating Championships, the first and second rounds of the 2002 and 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and the 1998 NHL Stanley Cup Finals are only a sample of the world class events held here at the venue.
Concerts and family shows have included U2, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi, Prince, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Disney on Ice, and the Harlem Globetrotters.
Continuing the tradition as a downtown destination, Verizon Center will host the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Championships (Frozen Four) for the first time, in addition to the first and second rounds of the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament for the third time.
Located within the arena are 110 luxury suites and 6 executive suites, and a variety of concession stands and restaurants offering menu choices from Hunan Chinatown to Papa John's pizza to hot dogs and pretzels to crab cakes and deli sandwiches.
Additional amenities include the private Acela Club Restaurant for club seat and suite holders, the Johnnie Walker Coaches Club (for Gold VIP season ticket holders), Dewar's 12 Clubhouse (open to the public an hour before and after events),Fan Gear sporting goods store and an in-house NBA practice facility.
Experience "The Suite Life" at Verizon Center. Our luxury suites allow you to host a private party at every one of our more than 200 sporting events, concerts, and shows each year. Featuring an atmosphere of casual elegance, Executive Suites are the ultimate in personalized service, privacy and convenience. Suites are located on each of our first floors including main concourse, Acela Club and Lexus Suite levels.
Luxury suites at Verizon Center provide a powerful and memorable way to help meet your business development, staff recognition and personal entertainment needs. The luxury suites also offer an exclusive membership and access to the Acela Club restaurant, premium catering and food service, early and late entry to events and countless other amenities including a private seating area, and restrooms.
The Crown Royal Party Suite is another exciting option for entertaining up to 99 guests at one time. Whether you're looking to entertain a group of 34, 65 or 99 guests, this is the place. Guests of the party suite have access to premium catering and food service, a private glass enclosed suite for meetings or hospitality purposes and most importantly a great view for the event.
Another amenity of the party suite that makes it stand out from the rest of the suites at Verizon Center is the ability to rent it out on an event by event basis.
At 12 feet x 16 feet, Verizon Center's SACO SMART VISION System is the one of the largest video scoreboards of its kind to be placed in an arena.
The SMART VISION System is an LED (light emitting diode) video system recognized for greater brightness and clarity.
The 500 line resolution is equivalent to that of a true television image. LED systems are comprised of pixels that form the video images on the scoreboard.
Verizon Center's two video walls are located on the main concourse situated just inside the F Street entrance.
The video walls are comprised of 40-inch cubes or 27-inch monitors, stacked three by three like a tic-tac-toe board. The Electrosonic walls can display one large image utilizing all nine screens or several smaller images made up of varied screen groupings. The video walls can also present highlights of upcoming events at the building.
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