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Monumental Sports & Entertainment Announces Partnership with dancker to Deliver Next Era of Capital One Arena and Lofts
Integrated design, technology, and logistics partnership enhances performance, connection, and experience across Monumental spaces, including new dancker Club
Washington, D.C. (October 22, 2025) – Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) today announced a strategic partnership with dancker, a leading interiors integrator, to help drive the next phase of the $1 billion Capital One Arena transformation. Together with its technology division DBE Systems and logistics arm d’ploy, dancker is providing integrated furniture, AV technology, and inventory management solutions to enhance how athletes, employees, partners, and fans experience Monumental environments.
dancker’s work spans the reimagined arena, MSE’s Lofts office space, and other upcoming projects. From team compounds and media lounges to premium clubs, conference centers, and boardrooms, every space is designed to foster collaboration, innovation, and energy.
As part of the partnership, dancker will also become the title sponsor of the arena’s upgraded Players Club lounge, The dancker Club. Together with dancker’s additional enhancements in and around the arena, the collaboration reflects shared investment in developing a multi-functional complex complete with entertainment, business and conference space in the center of the city.
“Capital One Arena is the heartbeat of downtown D.C., and this partnership ensures it continues serving our community in bold new ways,” said Jim Van Stone, President of Business Operations and Chief Commercial Officer at MSE. “Together with dancker, we’re designing a venue that blends innovation, comfort, and inspiration to set a new standard for the modern arena, and a benchmark in developing multipurpose destinations for the community.”
In collaboration with Gensler, dancker’s six months of design and planning resulted in more than 15,000 products and solutions coordinated by a 70-person team across its divisions. Highlights include:
- Furniture by dancker: Premium seating, lounges, offices, executive boardrooms and business/conference center spaces
- Technology by DBE Systems, powered by dancker: Advanced displays and AV systems in suites, meeting spaces, and team areas
- Logistics by d’ploy, powered by dancker: Comprehensive inventory and asset management, including storage and coordination for more than 220 pallets and memorabilia items.
“This transformation is about more than modernizing a venue—it’s about revitalizing a community hub,” said Nathan Kooi, President at dancker. “Together with Monumental Sports & Entertainment, we’re creating spaces where employees feel empowered, fans feel energized, and visitors feel welcomed.”
Phase one of the Capital One Arena transformation is nearing completion as fans return for the 2025–26 season. The result of a groundbreaking partnership between MSE and the city of Washington, D.C., the arena transformation will deliver a high-tech, high-touch, and community-focused arena designed to serve millions of visitors annually for decades to come.
The dancker collaboration joins MSE’s growing roster of partners driving the arena transformation. In June 2025, MSE announced a partnership with Cisco to make Capital One Arena one of the first sports venues in the world to deploy Cisco Wi-Fi 7 and a first-of-its-kind Cisco Command Center. Earlier that year, DXC was named an official global partner contributing cutting-edge technology innovation to the new arena. In August 2025, MSE introduced its Creative Council—featuring Elevate, Gensler, CAA ICON, Sports & The Arts, cllct, Clark Construction, Aramark, and Élan Arc—to guide brand integration and design throughout the transformation.
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About Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Monumental Sports & Entertainment is one of the nation’s leading integrated sports and entertainment companies and is ranked as one of the most valuable globally. Our people, players, teams, and events bring excitement and joy to millions. We invest and innovate to consistently raise the game so we can deliver extraordinary experiences that will inspire and unite our community, our fans, and our people. To learn more, please visit monumentalsports.com.
About dancker
Founded in 1829, dancker partners with leading organizations to transform their spaces into high-performing destinations that build community, shape culture, and drive business results. As a unified community of specialized brands—ForBuild (specialty construction), DBE Systems (integrated technology), Furniture by dancker (contract furniture), and d’ploy (logistics solutions)—dancker delivers seamless, holistic solutions for the built environment. Serving workplace, education, healthcare, lifestyle, and government clients nationwide from experience centers in Somerville, NJ, Baltimore, MD, Capitol Heights, MD, and Harrisburg, PA, dancker transforms the complex process of fitting out commercial interiors into an integrated partnership that drives measurable results. Learn more at dancker.com.
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Media Contact
Lurdes Borges
Vice President, Marketing and Communication
lborges@dancker.com
908.252.6042