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On 10 May 2024, reports emerged that the WNBA and Kilmer Group were negotiating for a Toronto-based expansion franchise. [3] [4] The WNBA officially announced the creation of the franchise on May 23. [5] [6] The team will become the 14th in the WNBA and the first to be based outside the United States. The team will be owned by Kilmer Sports ...
Golden State Valkyries: Announced in 2023 with an expansion draft held on Dec. 6, 2024, the newest team will start playing when the 2025 WNBA season begins. Owned by Joe Lacob, Peter Guber and the ...
The WNBA is planning on adding an expansion franchise in Toronto, according to Canadian news outlet and CNN newsgathering partner CBC.. CBC, citing four people with knowledge of the deal but who ...
Toronto has been awarded the WNBA’s first franchise outside the United States, with the expansion team set to begin play in 2026. Larry Tanenbaum-led Kilmer Sports Ventures is paying $115 ...
About WNBA Toronto: In May 2024, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced its expansion into Canada by awarding Toronto an expansion team, the league’s first outside the United States. The new team, which will be owned and operated by Kilmer Sports Ventures, will begin play in the 2026 season as the WNBA’s 14th franchise.
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) expansion draft is an event hosted by the WNBA as needed that allows expansion teams to select from a pool of existing WNBA players to build their debut rosters. Pre-existing WNBA teams are allowed to protect six players on their current rosters from being drafted.
MLSE explored applying for a Toronto-based Women's National Basketball Association expansion franchise, but eventually decided against it. [10] Instead, Tanenbaum's Kilmer Sports Ventures independently submitted an application for a WNBA expansion team for Toronto, which was granted by the league in May 2024.
Toronto will be the WNBA's 14th team, following the Golden State franchise that will enter the league in 2025. Per the CBC, the new Toronto team would not play at Scotiabank Arena. Instead, they ...