31.   The owner of the Washington Bullets and Capitals, Abe Pollin, and D.C. Mayor Marion Barry broke ground on a new downtown arena on Wednesday.

32.   Until then, the team would play at The Pyramid, a downtown arena that is now home to University of Memphis basketball.

33.   Workers have been frantically putting the final touches on the downtown arena this week, planting trees and installing the phone lines for the international media covering the event.

34.   The loss also ended an era for the Bullets, who will move to a new and larger downtown arena next season.