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10TH
ANNIVERSARY ADS
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Verizon Center 10th Anniversary
VERIZON CENTER INFORMATION
 Verizon
Center, managed by Washington Sports & Entertainment, LP, is
home to the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the NHL’s Washington
Capitals, the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, 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.
Debuting in December of 1997, the $200 million sports and entertainment
facility is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year with having
entertained over 24 million patrons with over 2,070 world-class
sporting events, concerts and family shows. The 2007 WNBA All-Star
game, 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.
"TASTE OF TEN" Luncheon Scores a Perfect Ten
Overwhelming Community Response Raises $15,000 for
Local Charities in Less Than an Hour
Verizon Center’s “Taste of Ten” luncheon today scored
a perfect ten as over 1,500 people from the surrounding community
purchased tickets within the first 40 minutes to sample up to six
of the 31 restaurants on site. Tickets for the luncheon were $10 and
benefited local Washington Sports & Entertainment charities. Click
here for more information.
Area restaurants participating include:
Aramark – B. Smith’s – Bar Louie – Capital Q – Chipotle – Chop’t – Clyde’s – Coca Cola - D’Acqua
Dunkin’ Donuts – ESPN Zone - Fado - Gifford’s Ice Cream – The Greene Turtle – Hard Rock Café – Jaleo
Legal Seafoods – Levy Restaurants – Lucky Strike – Mamma Lucia -
Matchbox Vintage Pizza Bistro
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant –McDonald’s - Morton’s – Rosa Mexicano - Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
Crown Food – The Source - District Chophouse & Brewery – Tony Cheng’s Seafood Restaurant and Mongolian BBQ
Zaytinya - Zola
VERIZON CENTER 10TH ANNIVERSARY PRESS RELEASES
Fenty Proclaims Abe Pollin Day, Names F Street Abe Pollin Way
Verizon Center Turns Ten
Verizon Center Launches 10th
Anniversary Campaign with Community Service Day on Sept 27th
Verizon Center Debuts First
True Indoor High-Definition LED Scoreboard at the Washington Capitals
First Home Preseason Game
VERIZON CENTER NEWS
A Large
Order of Panorama with a Side of Excitement- The Hill
(2006)
O'Malley
Earns Fame as Marketing Wizards- The Free Lance Star
(2006)
Stadium
Food that Scores- Washingtonian (December 2006)
Ready
for Action- Washington Post (2005)
Washington
Gets Taste of Times Square- The Free Lance Star (December
16, 2005)
DC Diary-Eight
Year Anniversary- The Georgetowner (2005)
Abe Pollin's
Slam Dunk- Washington's Finest (July-August 2004)
DC Calls
Him Abe Common Denominator (May 3, 2004)
Abe Pollin
Portrait and Philanthropist- Montgomery Sentinel (December
2003)
At MCI
Center Wizards Move Into a New Era- Washington Post
(December 2, 1997)
Spotlight
Shines on Downtown as MCI Center Opens Tonight- Washington
Post (December 2, 1997)
Taking
It Downtown- Washingtonian (November 1997)
The Next
Downtown- Washington Post Magazine (November 30, 1997)
Abe Pollin:
A Capital Investment- Washington Business Journal (September
26-October 2 1997)
Hundreds
Line Up For Jobs at Downtown Sports Arena- Washington Post
(August 21, 1997)
First
MCI Center Job Fair Draws 600- Washington Times (August
21, 1997)
Arena Construction
Takes Fast Track- Washington Post (March 18, 1996)
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