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The Sideline Bar and Grill in Largo, owned by former Washington Redskins star linebacker LaVar Arrington, has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Arrington opened the sports bar and restaurant at the Boulevard at the Capital Centre in January 2008, offering live comedy and musical performances, along with 33 televisions.
The Sideline was in the news after a 35-year-man from Bowie was shot and killed outside the restaurant March 1. At the time, Sideline management said no patrons or employees reported seeing any physical fighting inside the bar and that the fight took place 120 feet away from the front door.
Documents filed with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Greenbelt revealed no reason for Arrington's petition.
Arrington once made as much as $5 million per year, not including bonuses, through a seven-year $49 million deal with the New York Giants.
Among its debts, his restaurant owes about $31,000 to Inland U.S. Management, manager of the Largo shopping center, which tried to evict the restaurant last week.
According to its filing, The Sideline has up to $50,000 in assets and between $1 million and $10 million in liabilities.
Besides $12,000 in total debt to Pepco and Washington Gas, The Sideline's largest debt is $766,268 owed to Commercial Interiors in Marriottsville.
Calls to Arrington, his attorney and Inland U.S. Management's attorney were not returned.