Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the owner of Capital One Arena, increased its funding by 20 percent to hire off-duty police officers for game events, according to Cuneyt Dil of Axios and other reports.
Capital One Arena is the economic center in Washington’s Chinatown neighborhood. Since the building opened in 1997, it has turned Chinatown from a seedy neighborhood to a vibrant entertainment district. Since the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020, Chinatown, like any other entertainment district in the United States, has suffered a setback.
Violent crime has increased nationwide, including in Chinatown. There were also shootings near the arena.