Capitals Gain<\/strong><\/h2>\nSince the district has no casinos, the bill allows for live wagering at four of its sports venues: DC United\u2019s Audi Field, the Washington National\u2019s Nationals Park, and St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena — home to the Washington Mystics and the Capital City Go-Go — as well as the Capital One.<\/p>\n
Leonsis doesn\u2019t own an NFL team, of course, but a September launch would see Capital and Wizards fans betting on their team inside the stadium when the 2019-20 NHL and NBA seasons get started the following month. Let\u2019s just say that the sportsbook will be somewhat exposed to the Capitals and the Wizards.<\/p>\n
“My expectation is that there will be built a very, very high-end world class restaurant called the Sports Book,\u201d Leonsis said. \u201cThere will be televisions showing games from all over the world and people will be able to come in and watch games and dine and bet. And that is something that happens all over the world.”<\/p>\n
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The Capital One Arena will have its own onsite sports book when the District of Columbia launches sports betting. That\u2019s the word from Ted Leonsis, chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports, which owns the stadium, along with the teams that call it home: the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Washington Valor and Washington Mystics. “There will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":101645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Washington DC\u2019s Capital One Arena to Have In-Stadium Sports Book<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n