The Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., is set to receive a jolt of electricity later in the year.
While fans of the NHL’s Washington Capitals and NBA’s Washington Wizards fill the arena with their vocal energy — both teams finished at or near the top of their leagues this past season — the center will be receiving its actual energy from a different source: the sun. Monumental Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the Verizon Center, will be receiving solar power in a deal with WGL Energy.
The solar power will be fed into the venue—which also hosts the Arena Football League’s Washington Valor, WNBA’s Washington Mystics, and the Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team, as well as concerts and other events—from a third-party offsite solar facility in Frederick County, Maryland.