As bulldozers rumbled outside, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser took a seat in the second row of the Washington Mystics’ new arena and noted the enviable proximity. A practice facility for the Wizards is being built next door, with locker rooms and training rooms for each basketball team connecting the two. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)“We hold ourselves up against any major city in the world,” Bowser explained during a walk-through of the arena earlier this week. The city kicked in $23 million, and Monumental, which owns the Wizards and Mystics, $5 million. “We have now a couple of different models that show how we as a city can support a good partnership with a team,” Bowser said.

Source: Washington Post September 12, 2018 16:38 UTC