Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, the CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, is preparing to move his NBA and NHL franchises to a proposed new arena complex and entertainment district in northern Virginia, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
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Imagine asking for 600 mil just to showcase Jordan Poole’s boneheaded plays
Let them go to Alexandria, good luck.
Imagine if regular ppl could get help this fast ,
Someone needs to buy those teams and keep it there.
Threatening to move the Wizards might not be a good idea. The city might pay them to leave as trash as they are.
Good.
How about focus on trying to make the Wizards watchable first 😂
I can’t believe DC is willing to pay $500M when the team is seeking to move 15 mins away. 🤮
How about Mars? The Wizards are embarrassing
For what? Washington D.C Has Had That Team Stamped For Years The Wizards (Bullets) Back Then Won A Chip Correct? Why Try And Change The Culture?
Is this just what the commanders did? building their crappy stadium 15 minites away from D.C.?
The comments here show me that a lot of ppl must’ve failed geography class in school….
Yall think that’s bad. Go check how much the Thunder are asking for from residents.
I hate when billionaires act like they don't have billions of dollars. Leave the non-billionaires' taxes alone.
Just stupid greed 😂
Virginia ….. seems like they should’ve had a squad but no Washington DC??
Screw these welfare queens. No inner city ghetto baby mama can touch sports team owners for welfare scamming.
Let them go it'll be a nightmare for VA
At this point im not a fan of the wizards anymore this guy ted is a joke
Men I hope they change names to the Virginia Virgins
Love the idea
Asking for that kind of money from the tax payer and not giving up any equity in said franchise is ridiculous.
The teams boost the local economy, yes. But the fans pay to keep the lights on and players paid as well. Its symbiotic
can they move a team to the 7 cities area in virginia plz
People in Virginia like basketball?
What is wrong with Ted Leonsis??
The Wizards have been good for like 5 seasons out of the 40+ they’ve been in DC. DC could actually be a basketball town if they put a great product out. Just look at the support the Capital’s have gotten from fans, since Ovechkin arrived.
Y would u wanna move to va?? Go to Seattle!
Firginia!
Ted is like the kid Barry farms in the hood in the 70s where his parents buy him the only professional basketball in the hood and he never gets chosen and he takes ball and leave.😭
VA can have that 🗑️ I’m done with this team.
If you're a Wizards fan it's been painfully obvious for years this team is on it's way out. All we do anymore is take on bad contracts come trade time. Every year for the last few years the roster looks NOTHING like it did the year before. I moved to PA, but stayed loyal cause I'm a D.C guy. If they leave I become a 76'ers fan.
The Washington shitheads should at least sell to Baltimore, if they're interested.
It’s not the city fault y’all been trash. 😭
What do you call Danny Snyder selling the Commodores?
A start!
People don't consider a lot of the Wizards fan base are from Virginia
Growing up I was watching The Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on TV!
I’m in VA . We wit it !
😂😂
Only people happy about this is white folks and the little va people 😅