Bradley Beal urges Ted Leonsis to keep Wizards in city limits: 'You can't take the team out of D.C.'

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Earlier this month, Wizards owner Ted Leonsis and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced plans to move the Wizards out of Washington, D.C., in favor of a multi-billion sports and entertainment complex located on the other side of the Potomac River.

A new arena for the Wizards and the Washington Capitals, the city's NHL franchise, will be constructed in the Potomac Yard area in Alexandria, Virginia. The project will be funded under a public-private partnership and is set to break ground in 2025, according to Youngkin’s office. The project's tentative completion date is scheduled for late 2028.

The Wizards and Capitals both currently play home games at Capital One Arena, which is located in downtown Washington, D.C. But, former Wizards star Bradley Beal does not appear to be on board with his old team's pending move to Virginia.

"D.C., I'm here with you. I'm with you all," Beal said in the most recent edition of his year-long diary with ESPN's Andscape. "There is no moving to Virginia. What is that, [Wizards owner] Ted [Leonsis]? We love you to death. We understand what you want to do and are trying to do. But you can't take the team out of D.C. It's Chocolate City. As a league, we need it. It has to stay in D.C. now. The money? Listen, it's out of my hands and out of my control. I ain't got nothing to do with that. Hopefully [Washington] mayor [Muriel] Bowser can work something out with you."

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Wizards owner Ted Leonsis talks with Bradley Beal after a game at Capital One Arena on March 30, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (G Fiume/Getty Images)

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