WNBA announces expansion team in Portland, league’s 15th …
WEB1 day ago · Sep 18, 2024. The WNBA is expanding to Portland by granting the league’s 15th franchise to the city. The team, which was announced Wednesday, will begin play in 2026 and be led by Lisa Bhathal ...
WNBA awards Portland an expansion franchise that will begin …
WEB1 day ago · Updated 4:41 PM PDT, September 18, 2024. The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026. The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal, who also own the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League.
What to know about Portland's WNBA expansion franchise
WEB1 day ago · Portland's team will begin play during the 2026 WNBA season, the same year Toronto's franchise will launch. Golden State will tip off the season prior in 2025. That means the WNBA will have 13 ...
WNBA makes long-awaited return to Portland | kgw.com
WEB1 day ago · During a Wednesday news conference at the Moda Center, ... following multiple reports that Portland was a leading candidate for an expansion team, the WNBA announced those plans had been put on ...
WNBA adds 15th franchise with Portland expansion team
WEB1 day ago · The Portland team, owned and operated by RAJ Sports, will be the 15th WNBA franchise. It joins the Golden State Valkyries and a Toronto franchise in the current round of league expansion. Get top ...
NBA expansion FAQ: Cities, draft, teams and the league's future
WEB2 days ago · The question of expansion is ultimately an economic one. The central issue is whether bringing in new teams and diluting the shares of collective revenue, namely the media rights, is worth the ...
WNBA Commissioner Lists New Cities as Expansion Possibilities; …
WEBApr 15, 2024 · The WNBA plans to add a new team by 2026 and reach 16 teams by 2028, and will consider Philadelphia, Toronto, Portland, Nashville, South Florida and Denver as locations. The league announced...
WNBA expansion timeline, explained: When to expect ... - Sporting News
WEBMay 14, 2024 · The WNBA has officially announced one expansion team: Golden State, which is set to start play in 2025. And a second expansion team will follow in Toronto in 2026, CBC reported on May 10. The...
Adam Silver sets potential timeline for NBA expansion, names two …
WEBJul 12, 2023 · NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed that the league will explore expansion once the current media rights deal is up in 2025. He named Las Vegas and Seattle as two of the markets that have...
Is the NBA inching toward expansion? What we know about Las …
WEBDec 6, 2023 · The NBA has increased access to teams for institutional investors in recent years, sensing that there were fewer wealthy individuals who could buy a team on their own or buy out expensive...
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