After suffering a crushing failure from the parliamentarians of the state of Virginia, where they wanted to settle, the Wizards still do not rule out moving from Washington DC. The goal is not to move too far away, but rather to leave the center of the capital to afford a new room and new facilities for training.
According to Baltimore Bannerowner Ted Leonsis would have contacted Wes Moore, the governor of the State of Maryland, and they discussed the possible arrivals of the Wizards and the Capitals (NHL).
Even if Ted Leonsis prefers to go to Virginia, and more precisely Alexandria on the banks of the Potomac, discussions with the Maryland authorities allow him to both consider a plan B, but also to use it as leverage to make yield to the Virginia Court of Auditors, which rejected the budget estimated at two billion dollars.
Maryland already looking to retain Commanders
If these two moving solutions do not succeed, Ted Leonsis knows that he can always count on a budget of 500 million dollars, allocated by the town hall of Washington, to renovate the aging Capital One Arena. But the consortium that owns the Wizards and the Capitals prefers, by far, to benefit from new, modern facilities.
On the Maryland side, we have a more burning subject to resolve: the maintenance of the Washington Commanders (NFL) in Landover, since the new owners have already announced that they too want to have a new stadium. In Maryland, or elsewhere, in Washington DC or Virginia.
