On Wednesday morning, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, Mayor of Alexandria Justin Wilson, and Ted Leonsis, the owner of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards held a press conference to announce the planned move of both of those franchises from the District of Columbia to Northern Virginia.
This is a huge move, both in upending the D.C.
Sports landscape, and bringing economic growth to Virginia.
The new campus, located in Potomac Yard in Alexandria, near Reagan National Airport, would be part of what Youngkin called the next chapter in innovation in Virginia, along with the new Amazon HQ2 corporate headquarters and the already existing Virginia Tech Innovation Campus.