Monumental CEO Ted Leonsis reveals new details about negotiations that kept Capitals and Wizards arena in D.C. despite initial challenges. Virginia Senator L. Louise Lucas criticizes Governor Youngkin's handling of the deal. Mayor Bowser's efforts lead to a successful agreement with Leonsis, preventing the teams' move to Virginia.
For months, D.C.’s mayor quietly worked to bring the teams’ owner back to the negotiating table, sweetening D.C.’s offer just as the arena plan was crumbling in Virginia. https://t.co/j73M1uZpun
Now that Ted Leonsis doesn't have to put some amount of money into the new arena, will he revive his bid for the Nats?
When the mayor watched Ted Leonsis announce he was moving his teams to Va in December, she noticed something: he hadn’t signed a thing. Behind the scenes of Bowser’s big win… https://t.co/V8NSdTpn1e https://t.co/6DOFokviBJ
From a chance encounter at the Waldorf to a deal to transform a half-vacant downtown mall: How @MayorBowser reeled @TedLeonsis back to the D.C. negotiating table as things crumbled in Virginia, w/ @TheArtist_MBS, @jocwapo https://t.co/d2LmawK353
ONLY ON WTOP: Va. Sen. L. Louise Lucas tells WTOP that Gov. Youngkin “boggled” Caps, Wizards deal “from the beginning.” https://t.co/xc1ZrxPOdy
WTOP EXCLUSIVE: Monumental CEO Ted Leonsis reveals new details about negotiations that kept Caps, Wizard arena in D.C. https://t.co/BgVNblAbKN https://t.co/o9nJxVrsPt