Verizon Center is one of the prime tourist attractions and home to downtown sports and concerts arena. This arena seats more than 19,000 people for basketball and you can see a good number of students flocking in to Verizon for enjoying their favourite sport. Besides sports Verizon also has several other attractions in store for its visitors.

Verizon is known to house more than 100 concerts along with several other events and with Washington being a world capital, nation's top entertainers keep visiting this place. For instance- entertainers such as Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling stones, U2, Barbra Streisand, the Eagles, Bon Jovi, Prince, Beyonce, Elton John, Billy Joel and Christina Auguilera have performed here in recent times.

Tickets availability to Verizon Center varies drastically as it is influenced by the popularity of the show to be hosted. However this may not be the case always. Hence visitors are requested to check at the Box office. In case you are a first time visitor to this center and wondering how to save money? In that case you can visit Ticketmaster. The unique feature of ticket master is that it imposes service charges on event tickets but you only have to pay $1 on tickets bought at the arena's ticket window.

Exclusive accessibility and seating services are provided for individuals with disabilities. Several amenities are provided for guests with disabilities which include metro stop with elevator access to street level adjacent to arena, drop off zone adjacent to the building, ample curb cuts and accessible entrances into the arena.

You will also find integrated seating system which helps disabled individuals to order tickets by calling over the phone. Additional aids and services offered include tactile and Braille signage, accessible pay telephones, rest rooms, lowered service counters and condiment stands.

Verizon Center is a reputed center which is managed by Washington Sports & Entertainment, LP. It is a home to NBA's Washington Wizards, the WNBA's Washington Mystics, the NHL's Washington Capitals, and the Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball team.

This esteemed art and sports hub sits right in the heart of Chinatown, downtown Washington, D.C. It is located at walking distance from White House and features more than 220 events as well as concerts every year.

Verzion Center Official Website

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Verzion Center - Some Historical Facts

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Here we have some of the interesting facts about the Verizon Center.

- The maximum gross individual event in its history is performed by Barbra Streisand in 2006, and it was her first performance here.

- The maximum grossing event tied up between individual as well as between multiple day events was by Billy Joel & Elton John in 2002. It was coupled by three sold out shows too.

- Dixie Chicks is crowned to hold highest attended country show in Verzion center whereas the most sellouts are recorded by Bruce Springsteen at seven.

- The total number of sold games and concerts at Verzion Center are 487.

- The center has seven cars located all around the building out of which four are on the main concourse, two are seated on suite level and one is settled on the upper concourse.

- Barry Manilow played the first concert at Verizon Center on December 10, 1997.

- Verizon Center is equipped with 300 televisions and has 285 trash cans.

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