Posts Tagged ‘Verizon Center’

Ted Leonsis Tackles Phone Booth Food Fears

26, Jul 2010

ESPN.com released a report regarding health inspections conducted at all 107 NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA stadiums. Health issues are common in restaurants, of course, and minor violations are often impossible to avoid completely. But unfortunately (and, to me, surprisingly), the Verizon Center had the highest percentage of food vendors in violation among all 107 stadiums, tied with Tropicana Field.

I asked Ted Leonsis about the issue, as Monumental Sports & Entertainment recently assumed ownership of the arena. Mr. Leonsis, always eyebrow-raising in his impressive management and marketing savvy (not to mention his response time), almost immediately addressed the issue via his blog:

A Tale of Two Thirty Minutes in Texas

8, Jun 2010

All you needed to know about the state of things in game 3 of the Calder Cup finals during the first intermission last night was exhibited on the face Hershey Bears’ general manager Doug Yingst. Yingst was interviewed then by Harrisburg ABC TV affiliate’s Gregg Mace, and the GM had a colorless and pained complexion [...]

SBN Gameday: Could You Be The One?

16, May 2010

Today’s soundtrack: Could You Be The One? by Husker Du — only four teams are left and there’s a pretty reasonable argument for each of these teams to reach the Stanley Cup final.Chicago Blackhawks vs. San Jose Sharks, 3 PM ETBreaking down the goals …

Hugs Instead of Handshakes

25, Apr 2010

Apologies for being a bit AWOL this weekend; I had a wonderful off-ice intrusion of real life: a remarkable gathering of high school brothers — we don’t call one another classmates, for reasons I’m about to detail — for our 25th reunion at our school campus in Bethesda this weekend. We had a guy fly [...]

It’s an Honor Roll Weekend, and We’ve Extraordinary Honorees Wearing Our Crest

10, Apr 2010

Hockey, the ultimate team sport, has become conspicuously individualized this weekend in Washington. And that’s fine. We’re still in the silly season that’s prelude to the postseason, when games have meager meaning for your 120-point Washington Capitals, and it’s a big deal for Alexander Ovechkin to score 50 goals, again, for Nicklas Backstrom to earn [...]


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