Tim Lemke The Washington Times - May 4, 2009, 07:27PM

Maybe I was a bit bored waiting for the game to start or maybe I am just a big dork. Either way, I took the time to count and list the number of companies that have signage inside Verizon Center. To be listed, I need to have seen the sign from my seat here in the press box. So I’m sure I’m missing a few.

I came up with 45. That seems like a pretty solid number, given that we’re not talking about a particularly big place. The Caps have managed to maximize space along the boards at ice level and on their ribbon boards in between each deck. They could probably sell more advertising on the big hanging scoreboard, but that would start to make things looked cluttered.

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Here’s the list, with the caveat that the ribbon boards keep changing and new ads keep popping up.

Verizon

State Farm

Papa John’s

Metastorm

Washington Post

Washington Times

Chipotle

Capital One

106.7 WJFK

Ameritel

Thrifty Car Rental

Coke Zero

Quest Software

Amtrak

Volkswagen

Sharp 

GEICO

Budweiser

Bud Light

EasyClip Magnetic Eyewear

84 Lumber

ciber ciber

Sharp

intelligent decisions

Reebok

MacKenzie

Servicemaster Clean

Loyola of Maryland

Subway

enterasys Secure Networks

NetStar

Comcast SportsNet

Wendy’s

CIBC Mellon

National Guard

Shoretel

Chevy Chase Bank

Suntrust

Jiffy Lube

Samsung Mobile

Dunkin’ Donuts

GTSI

AMD

UPS Store

Carfax