Tag: WNBA

WNBA’s 2.5m fans break attendance record

Article posted by Coliseum, September 1^st, 2025

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has broken its single-season attendance record, pulling in more than 2.5 million fans to games around the U.S. CBS News said the new record, which was reached in mid-August, accounts for crowds that attended 226 WNBA games in 2025 involving... » Read more

WNBA on expansion trail to 18 teams

Article posted by Coliseum, July 3^rd, 2025

The WNBA women’s basketball league is adding three new teams to its roster to make up a record 18 franchises. NPR said Cleveland will begin play in 2028, Detroit joins in 2029 and Philadelphia will tip off in 2030. The WNBA has 15 existing squads — including the Golden State Valkyries,... » Read more

Portland women’s dual sport performance center

Article posted by Coliseum, February 17^th, 2025

RAJ Sports, the sports investment platform for the Bhathal Family, owners and operators of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team Portland Thorns FC and the new Portland Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) franchise, recently announced plans for a first-of-its-kind dual sport... » Read more

Women sport hub Portland get WNBA franchise

Article posted by Coliseum, October 8^th, 2024

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is headed back to Portland (US) with Oregon’s biggest City getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026. ‘AP’ stated that the team will be owned and operated by RAJ Sports led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal who also own... » Read more

WNBA delights Canada with expansion team

Article posted by Coliseum, May 28^th, 2024

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has expanded to Canada by awarding Toronto an expansion team, the league’s first outside the United States. The WNBA said the new team will begin play in the 2026 season as the WNBA’s 14th franchise. The team will play its home games at... » Read more

Portland WNBA expansion plans on backburner

Article posted by Coliseum, November 17^th, 2023

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Commissioner Cathy Engelbert says a potential expansion team in Portland (Oregon, US) has been shelved because of uncertainty about the scope of renovations needed at the Moda Center, where the team would have played. ‘The Seattle Times’... » Read more

WNBA expansion team coming to Bay Area

Article posted by Coliseum, October 25^th, 2023

The first new Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team in 15 years is coming to the Bay Area (US) as part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Golden State Warriors organization, team and league officials announced recently. ‘PleasantonWeekly.com’ stated that the... » Read more