Watching a Washington Capitals game could become an outdoor affair if D.C. Council member Jack Evans gets his way.
The Ward 2 Democrat wants to let fans watch games outdoors on the Jumbotron, telling reporters after a Metro Board meeting on Thursday morning that he is in talks with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department on how to make it happen.
“Wouldn’t that be great if we had 10,000 people sitting on the museum steps?” he said. “People who can’t necessarily afford to go into the arena and pay could be outside watching it.