WASHINGTON -- Thanks to Qatar, hockey fans in the U.S. capital get an extra hour of subway service on the night of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final between the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning.
It costs $100,000 to keep the Metrorail system open for an additional 60 minutes past midnight. Metro eliminated late-night operating hours because of budget constraints.
Hours before the scheduled start of Thursday's game, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser tweeted that Qatar and the Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District are "doing it again to deliver late night Metro service to Caps fans.