Capital One Arena Parking & Directions
Washington Capitals · Washington, DC
Know Before You Go
- Parking payments
The Capital One Arena parking garage accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover credit or debit cards.
- Cheapest lot
- $20
- Lots listed
- 2
- Closest
- Adjacent
Capital One Arena has an Arena Garage, with event-specific enquiries handled through its Parking Team form. The venue partners with SpotHero for guaranteed nearby parking within walking distance. SpotHero rates are advertised at up to 50 percent below drive-up.
Tips & Fan Reports
What fans who park here actually do, and what it cost them.
A SpotHero reservation can be printed or redeemed by phone.
Gallery Place/Chinatown serves the arena on Metro's Red, Green and Yellow Lines.
Drivers want the corner of F and 7th NW, or F and 6th depending on approach.
Gallery Place/Chinatown is directly beneath the arena and carries three lines.
Metro closes at 11pm on Sundays, earlier than any other night, and worth checking against a late finish.
The Yellow Line runs direct from Reagan National Airport to the arena's station.
Judiciary Square and Metro Center are the fallbacks if Gallery Place is congested.
Where to Park
Capital One Arena Garage
$35Adjacent
Enter the Arena Garage at the corner of 6th Street NW and G Street NW, beside the loading dock.
The arena's own Lexus Parking Garage requires vehicle security inspection before entry.
- Garage payments accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover credit or debit cards.
Downtown DC Garages
$200.2-0.5 milesCheapestAdvance purchase only
The venue's SpotHero partnership covers nearby lots and garages within walking distance.
- A purchased reservation guarantees entry to its selected facility.
Or Skip the Car
- Metro (Red/Yellow/Green) to Gallery Place-Chinatown · $2.25 · Estimated fare · Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station is directly connected to Capital One Arena, zero walking distance
- Metro (Blue/Orange/Silver) to Metro Center · $2.25 · Estimated fare · Metro Center station is two blocks from the arena, a 3-minute walk through Penn Quarter
Parking Rules
What the pass covers, what gets turned away, and the lots that run on their own rules.
Your Pass
- Event-specific Arena Garage questions must be submitted through the venue's Parking Team form.
- Capital One Arena partners with SpotHero for nearby lots and garages within walking distance.
- A purchased SpotHero reservation guarantees entry to the selected facility and can be printed or redeemed on a phone.
- The venue advertises SpotHero rates up to 50 percent below drive-up pricing.
Getting There
Capital One Arena sits on top of Gallery Place/Chinatown, where the Red, Green and Yellow lines meet, with two more stations within walking distance either side of it. The arena publishes Metro's closing times by day, which matters here: on a Sunday the system shuts at 11pm, earlier than any other night of the week.
- Driving
- The arena is at 601 F Street NW. From the major highways, follow signs toward downtown Washington and then to the arena itself; the destination is the corner of F Street and 7th Street NW, or F and 6th Street NW depending on your approach. There is an arena garage, and SpotHero covers nearby lots and garages.
- Public Transit
- Gallery Place/Chinatown is the arena's Metro stop, on the Red, Green and Yellow lines, with Judiciary Square and Metro Center also within walking distance. Metro runs 5am to 11:30pm Monday to Thursday, 5am to 1am Friday, 7am to 1am Saturday and 8am to 11pm Sunday. From Ronald Reagan National Airport, the Yellow Line runs direct from the airport station to Gallery Place/Chinatown.
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How We Checked This Page
Every section below names the source it was read from and the day it was read. Where we could not reach a published figure, the page says so rather than presenting an estimate as a checked fact.
- Parking guidance
Official Capital One Arena directions and parking page plus its media access page, read 2026-08-30: the Arena Garage location, the parking-team inquiry process, and guaranteed advance reservations for nearby garages through SpotHero. The venue does not publish accessible parking, oversized-vehicle, RV, bus, closure, or parking-map details.
- Getting there
Capital One Arena directions and parking page on capitalonearena.com
- Transit
WMATA Metro Rail fares are distance-based: .25 to .75 weekday 5am-9:30pm, .25 to .50 weekday evening. .25 is the published system minimum, not a rate for this trip, so it is stored as an estimate
- Venue policies
Current Capital One Arena FAQ, accessibility, box-office, and mobile-entry pages reviewed for Washington Capitals game-day policies.
Not yet checked against a published source
These figures are estimates. Most venues no longer publish the numbers behind them (concession and ticket pricing moved to dynamic marketplaces), so we hold them as estimates rather than dating them as verified.
- Parking prices: Never checked against a published rate: the venue's parking page, read 2026-09-05, publishes none. The page sells parking per event through SpotHero and prices nothing. The 2026-07-27 figures were compiled from third-party listings (was: "Capital One Arena 2026: $20-$40 by proximity and event, prepaid online recommended").