The Washington Capitals will be some 2,400 miles away for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, but thousands of fans will still pack the District to watch it — and the team’s owner is making sure they can get home. Ted Leonsis’ Monumental Sports & Entertainment has agreed to cover the $100,000 to keep Metrorail running one-hour later than normal — that is, until about 1 a.m. The Capitals game starts at 8 p.m., but if the team defeats the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the party will be hours long as D.C. celebrates its first championship in many years. This is the first time Metro has agreed to stay open late for an away game. But this is no normal away game. As it has for all previous away games, Capital One Arena will host a viewing party Thursday night, but the free online tickets, made available Wednesday at 1 p.m., were gone in minutes. More than 70,000 people logged in, Monumental said in a statement, when the tickets became available. The party will shift ...
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