The Canadian metropolis of Toronto was awarded on Thursday a WNBA enlargement franchise that may start play within the 2026 season, making it the league’s first outdoors the US.
The WNBA’s 14th franchise will play dwelling video games in downtown Toronto and extra video games could also be performed on the dwelling of the NBA’s Raptors and throughout Canada.
“Bringing a WNBA workforce to Toronto represents an essential milestone for our league as we proceed to increase each domestically and outdoors the US,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert mentioned in a information launch.
The workforce shall be owned by Kilmer Sports activities Ventures, which is headed by Toronto billionaire Larry Tanenbaum, who can be chairman of the NBA Board of Governors and of Maple Leaf Sports activities & Leisure, which owns the town’s NBA, NHL and MLS groups.