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In mid-2022, Engelbert said that the WNBA hoped to identify one or two cities for expansion either by the start of that year's playoffs or by the end of the year, with the teams starting play as early as the 2024 season. The WNBA narrowed its list of potential cities from 100 to 20 to 10.
The following list contains all urban areas in the United States and Canada containing at least one team in any of the six major leagues. The number of teams in the Big Four leagues (B4) (NFL, [2] MLB, [3] NBA, [4] and NHL [5]) and the Big Six leagues (B6) (aforementioned leagues plus MLS [6] and CFL) [7] are included in the table below.
The WNBA is adding an expansion franchise for the first time since 2009 this season and more teams are on the way. Here are cities vying for a team.
The number of WNBA teams has varied since the league's original eight in 1997 due to expansions and later contractions; the first expansion teams were added in 1998 and were followed by two more rounds of additions that brought the total to 16 teams in 2000. Following the change in NBA ownership in 2002, the WNBA lost two teams.
WNBA’s expansion timeline. Expansion has been a moving target for the WNBA as the league office went through data analysis of 100 potential cities, Engelbert has said. It included analysis of ...
When the first WNBA game tipped off in June 1997, amid a surge of interest in women’s basketball after the U.S. team’s gold medal-winning performance at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, there ...
Below is a list of current WNBA team rosters. Eastern Conference. Atlanta Dream. Atlanta Dream roster. Players Coaches; Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB
The issue with using official stats from national statistical agencies is that they use inconsistent methodologies to define population centres, so attempting to synthesize them into a single list to rank the cities is not meaningful and would be WP:original research. Relying on an independent source to apply a consistent approach eliminates ...