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Las Vegas Aces
The Las Vegas Aces played host to a sellout crowd earlier this season when beating the Indiana Fever at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

WNBA to Interview LVCVA Leadership Regarding Aces Sponsorship

Steve Hill, chief executive officer and president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, will interview Tuesday with the lead investigator who is examining whether WNBA rules were broken when sponsorship deals were offered last month to players of the two-time defending league champion Las Vegas Aces. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority […]

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Liberty Sky Basketball
New York's Breanna Stewart drives to the basket as Chicago's Angel Reese defends during the second half of a WNBA game in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Final Moved to UBS Arena

The WNBA Commissioner’s Cup championship game between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx on June 25 will be at UBS Arena in Long Island because the NBA Draft makes the Barclays Center unavailable, the league announced. The draft is the next night and there wouldn’t be enough time to change over the arena. The […]

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Aces Parade Basketball
Las Vegas Aces players celebrate during a rally for the team's WNBA championship in October 2023 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

WNBA Investigating LVCVA Endorsement of Las Vegas Aces Players

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority announced on Friday a $100,000 per year sponsorship to each active player on the Las Vegas Aces for the next two seasons, celebrating the two-time defending WNBA champions with a deal that within 24 hours was being looked into by the league as a potentially illegal extra benefit. […]

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Dallas Wings

Dallas Wings to Play at Dallas Memorial Arena Starting in 2026

The Dallas Wings will move to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center’s Dallas Memorial Arena beginning in 2026 after a 15-year, $19 million agreement was reached pending WNBA approval for the team to move into the city’s downtown. The Wings will play the 2024 and 2025 seasons in College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, where […]

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USA Basketball Women’s National Team to Play WNBA All-Stars in Phoenix

The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game will match the USA Basketball women’s national team in one of its final pre-Olympic tuneups against a team of players from the WNBA who will not be participating in the Olympics. The game will be at the Footprint Center in Phoenix on July 20. The game is part of the […]

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WNBA Canada

2024 WNBA Canada Game to Feature Los Angeles Sparks and Seattle Storm

The second annual WNBA Canada Game will feature the Los Angeles Sparks and the Seattle Storm playing a preseason game on May 5, 2024, at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, the second consecutive year a game has been played north of the border. The 2024 WNBA Canada Game will be the fourth preseason WNBA game […]

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WNBA All-Star Aliyah Boston Partners with U.S. Virgin Islands as Official Tourism Ambassador

The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has announced a multi-year partnership with WNBA All-Star Aliyah Boston in which the St. Thomas native will serve as an official tourism ambassador for the U.S. territory, which includes the islands of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix. “The U.S. Virgin Islands mean so much to me […]

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WNBA All Star Game Basketball
Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner, of Team Stewart, center, reacts as she is introduced before a WNBA All-Star basketball game Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Phoenix Mercury to Host 2024 WNBA All-Star Game

The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game is headed to Phoenix, setting up as a home game for Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi and a sendoff to the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team. This will mark the third time that Phoenix will host the WNBA midseason showcase, after it was previously held in the city in 2000 […]

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WNBA to Play First Preseason Game in Canada in May 2023

The WNBA has announced that the first WNBA Canada Game will feature the Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx on May 13, 2023, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. It will mark the first WNBA preseason game in Canada. “Bringing a WNBA preseason game to Canada is an important milestone for the global growth of the league,” […]

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