Sports teams in Virginia

When Jack Kent Cooke decided to build a replacement for the aging RFK Stadium as home of the Washington Football team, he considered a site in Alexandria until public opposition developed.

However, the Washington Wizards played a preseason game at a high school in Alexandria, Virginia against the New York Knicks in 1971.

However, a reluctance by state officials to dedicate funds to the project along with concern about traffic helped lead MLB to select Washington as the Expos' new home.

The Virginia Squires played in the American Basketball Association from 1970 to 1976; the team was left out of that league's partial merger with the NBA after the 1975 and 1976 season.

Starting in 2021, Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby began playing at Segra Field near Leesburg, Virginia.