needs a pacemaker.Īs winter blows in and the tourist hordes scatter, some of the few attractions regularly bringing in the pre-pan type crowds to the restaurants, bars, and retail shops that survived COVID-19 are the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals, the beloved but fair-to-middling basketball and hockey teams that play at the Capital One Arena. More federal employees will be returning to their offices in the new year. Right now, however, only a third of federal employees trek into their offices most work a combo of remote and hybrid schedules.
The federal government and its worker bees are the beating heart of the downtown economy. Unlike eds-and-meds powered places like Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, or the ultimate everything bagel that’s New York, Washington is a one-industry town. Washington is more than Instagram-worthy Smithsonian museums and monuments, but downtown D.C., only blocks from the fabulous National Mall, can’t quite compete. Glenn Youngkin as they announce plans for a new sports stadium for the teams, December 13, 2023, in Alexandria, Virginia. Ted Leonsis, left, owner of the Washington Wizards NBA basketball team and Washington Capitals NHL hockey team, shakes hands with Virginia Gov.
