Capitals owner pays for 200 team employees to attend Cup Final game

Ted Leonsis is no horrible boss.

Employees of Monumental Sports & Entertainment learned this (if they weren't already aware) Thursday when they received an email explaining that Leonsis was flying them out to Las Vegas to attend either Game 1 or 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.

A selection of 200 of the roughly 500 employees of the company - those who work closely with the Capitals and those who hold seniority - were put up for one night at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino and received a ticket to one of the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final with Leonsis footing the bill, according to Scott Allen of The Washington Post.

"It's truly amazing and out of this world," guest relations manager Omar Castro said. "I never expected an owner of the company to do this. We get to share in this with them. " He's thinking of us as part of a family, as part of the experience. There's no reason for him to do it. All I can say is a big thanks to Ted and his family for the opportunity, and for truly making this into something memorable for all of us here in the company."

The employees took a chartered flight early in the morning on either Monday or Wednesday and, as they boarded the plane, were given Capitals rally towels.

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