DC clocks in at number 12 out of 271.
Here is the complete list.
I am hopeful we can get our community into the top 10 soon!
It is all on us to build great teams; to further activate your passion .We need to build teams as good as our fan base.
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Thank you John. So great that you are deep into community relations this summer; having fun; supporting local charities; and being a stalwart member of our community. Well done. We are all grateful. Click here for this NHL.com article on John’s soccer prowess.
This is good to see – 150k or so folks watching Game 7 of Stanley Cup Finals in DC area.
Strong ratings are a good indicator of local interest in hockey. Thank you.
Here is a link to the Jimmy Kimmel show spot with great musical guests including Wale rocking the red on national TV.
Wale is a true hyphenate artist-song writer-singer and spokesperson for a community. A big time local DC sports fan as well!
Thanks Wale. Go!
Clearspring makes the list.As does SnagFilms.
Great to see. Thank you. Click here for the entire list.
More details here. DC residents – check this out. Thanks to our city and to SnagFilms.
This is a very interesting article about demography, race, culture and our city Washington, DC. It mirrors America itself now. We will soon all be minorities. What an insightful quote. Click here to read this one.
Please read this article.
It details the development going on around Nationals Park and how long it takes for redevelopment to take hold.
We are all indebted to the Pollin family for their belief in downtown DC and for building the Verizon Center.
I was not a part of that decision-making and it was purely Abe’s belief in the city that drove his passion for building the Verizon Center here. Abe and his family and close business associates did all of the heavy lifting to help revitalize this city.
I am honored that we have stepped in his shoes and are now stewards of this great building and can see his vision come to fruition as to the rebirth of downtown DC.
Keep the faith as to it happening again around Nats Park.
I call these articles “piling on.”
They are smug.
They are easy to write. They actually offend our fans more than they do me.
And they are ones that I keep and then reference in the out years to remind the writers of their naiveté and lack of substance. We use them, too, as motivation.
Here are some basic facts.
The Washington Wizards have a great fan base.
We have reactivated them in big numbers.
We are one of the fastest growing teams in the NBA in terms of PAID admissions.
Our ticket sales and sponsorship revenues are up more than 30% year over year. Our customer satisfaction levels are quite strong. Our renewal rates will be much better than the past 3 years.
Our losses because of great management are down substantially while we have cleared cap space and over indexed on young players that give us hope and upside and the ability to compete in out years with other markets for players to help us to win.
Folks to go to the National Archives right here in our own city?
And see the Declaration of Independence?
And look at the unedited phrase “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”? The Archives is truly a national treasure. I fell over when I saw a letter to the President asking for a dollar from a Cuban teenager, none other than Fidel Castro!
I am proud that the San Jose Sharks took the tour. This is such a great way to enjoy a road trip.
Todd McLellan is a good man. Recently the Sharks were in Philly and they went to the UPenn gym – named after a good friend David Pottruck – to work out. My son was in the gym lifting; met the coach; and they had a very nice chat about hockey and the league and our teams.
Read this story. Well done Washington Post. Thank you!