A long-anticipated sale of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun was completed Saturday, and the team will move to Houston for the 2027 season, when they will be called the Houston Comets. The Comets were the name of a founding WNBA franchise, and they won the first four WNBA championships. The team was active from 1997 to 2008. The franchise was disbanded for financial reasons when the team could not be sold for $10 million.
The Fertitta family, which also owns the NBA's Rockets, purchased the Sun franchise for $300 million.
The team will play its home games at the Toyota Center, where the Rockets play, and share the Rockets' training facility to comply with new standards established by the new WNBA collective bargaining agreement.
My take: Great move by the WNBA. Massive media market in a city with iconic WNBA history.
THE ASYLUM
WNBA's Sun sold
A long-anticipated sale of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun was completed Saturday, and the team will move to Houston for the 2027 season, when they will be called the Houston Comets. The Comets were the name of a founding WNBA franchise, and they won the first four WNBA championships. The team was active from 1997 to 2008. The franchise was disbanded for financial reasons when the team could not be sold for $10 million.
The Fertitta family, which also owns the NBA's Rockets, purchased the Sun franchise for $300 million.
The team will play its home games at the Toyota Center, where the Rockets play, and share the Rockets' training facility to comply with new standards established by the new WNBA collective bargaining agreement.
My take: Great move by the WNBA. Massive media market in a city with iconic WNBA history.
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