- Monumental released new renderings of the $1 billion-plus Capital One Arena renovation
- The centerpiece is the “Visibowl,” which opens the concourse straight into the arena bowl
- Read below for the full breakdown, including a 20-year naming rights extension
The Capitals’ building is getting a window into itself.
Monumental Sports & Entertainment dropped fresh renderings and video Tuesday of the $1 billion-plus Capital One Arena overhaul, and the piece everyone latched onto is something MSE is calling the “Visibowl.” It cuts open the concourse so fans grabbing a beer can look straight down into the arena bowl while the game keeps going.
Here’s the first look Monumental put out:
MSE called the Visibowl the “cornerstone” of the project in its release, describing sightlines that run from the middle of the concourse right into the seating bowl. The pitch is that nobody has to miss a shift to go find food.
Former Capitals winger TJ Oshie narrated the reveal video alongside ex-Wizards guard John Wall and ex-Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne. Oshie shared his own reaction to seeing the plans for his old home rink.
“This building holds so many monumental memories and it’s pretty special to see what’s coming next,” Oshie wrote. “Can’t wait to see this place come to life.”
The renderings rename the levels, too. What was the 100 level becomes the District Level, split into four themed districts, and the old 400 level becomes the Terrace Level with Center Stage Bars and a food hall running the entire F Street length of the building.
Take a walk through the redone concourses:
Outside, the flat box gets capped with a curved glass roof and new grand entrances. One of them sits on F Street for Capital One cardholders, who will get in that way for every event starting in fall 2027 instead of just Capitals and Wizards games.
Capital One also extended its naming rights deal by 20 years, so the sign on the front stays put well into the 2040s.
Crews have been at it since the D.C. Council approved $515 million in city money in December 2024, a deal that keeps the Capitals and Wizards downtown through 2050. Exterior and interior work wraps before doors open this fall, and the full job is due ahead of the 2027-28 season. The finished arena is slated for roughly 250 events a year and hosts the 2027 Frozen Four.
Washington is a lot further along than most of the league’s building projects. Ottawa is still hauling dirt off LeBreton Flats before a shovel goes in the ground for the Senators.
Caps fans get the exterior and the new concourses this season. The Visibowl shows up a year after that.
