[3] The club operates during the main curling season (October to April), although social events for the membership occur during the summer.
[13] The PCC was begun in 1961 by six Canadians stationed in the DC Metro area as part of the embassy staff.
[14] Curling first on rented hockey ice in College Park and then Silver Spring, Maryland, the club expanded to approximately 50 members.
[15] In 2000, with assistance from the World Curling Federation, the state of Maryland (whose $250,000 grant later became the subject of attack ads in an election campaign[16]), and a long-term lease from Prince George's County, the club constructed the National Capital Curling Center, attached to the Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Maryland.
An Open House held that February attracted 700 visitors and allowed the club to double its membership.