BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Penn Qtr -- Verizon Center

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Description of Pictures: The Verizon Center became the MCI Center in 2006.
This was a fluke. I was coming back from the Sixth and I Synagogue, where I'd seen John Kerry, when I had to move around a crane parked in the street in front of the MCI Center. It turned out the crane was putting up the new "Verizon" sign and the MCI Center was being renamed. I was impressed that my camera could pick this up at all given it was at night and fairly far away but there's so much light downtown that it wasn't a huge problem.

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1. VERZON_060307_08.JPG: This is the MCI Center after the Verizon Center name change had gone into effect.
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Wikipedia Description: Verizon Center
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The Verizon Center (formerly MCI Center until March 5, 2006) is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications. The arena has been nicknamed the "Phone Booth" because of its association with telecommunications companies. The arena is home to the Washington Capitals of the NHL, Washington Wizards of the NBA, Georgetown University men's basketball, and Washington Mystics of the WNBA. It is located in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington.

History:

The arena opened as the MCI Center on December 2, 1997 in downtown Washington's Chinatown. When Verizon bought out MCI in 2006, the arena's name was changed accordingly. The building replaced the US Air Arena, which was located on the Capital Beltway in Landover, Maryland. Some complained that the building's construction, by closing off a block of G St, corrupted the historic L'Enfant layout of the Washington city streets.

Others were concerned it would lead to the displacement of Chinese businesses in Chinatown. While largely considered a commercial success, the Verizon Center was the catalyst that led to gentrification of Washington's Chinatown, with rent increases after construction of the Arena forcing many small Chinese businesses to close. On the other hand, the Arena is not only a popular venue for sports and concerts, but helped to turned "Gallery Place/Chinatown" neighborhood into one of the prime sites for commercial development in Washington. Virtually all Chinese residents in the D.C. area already live in the suburbs, and displacement that occurred over the years has been mostly commercial rather than residential.

2007:

In 2007, what was claimed as the "first true indoor high-definition LED scoreboard" was installed at the Verizon Center .

2008:

2008 marks the first year that the Wizards and Capitals both played playoff games in the building in the same calenda ...More...
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