The two highly-interested ownership groups are making expansion decision complex.
The WNBA is getting closer to expanding the league by two teams as soon as 2024, and there’s a very good chance the Bay Area will finally get its own WNBA team.in a story published last week that the league hopes to have expansion cities identified this year, with the possibility of beginning play in 2024.
AASEG saw Bird’s quote and chimed in on Twitter, claiming that Oakland “would easily have the strongest fan base in the country.” And while nothing is set yet, the organization has put in work to have its plan ready. The Coliseum Complex is half-owned for the time being by Alameda County, which agreed to sell its half to the Oakland A’s for $85 million in 2019 — though the legality of the sale is being investigated by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Bobbitt says he has regular meetings with the A’s to work out the arrangement, which is also tied to the MLB team’s pursuit of a downtown Oakland ballpark at Howard Terminal.
But now for the Warriors — who own a piece of the WNBA through the NBA — Chase Center is done and about to wrap up its first full season with fans. Golden State president and chief operating officer Brandon Schneider said the team’s interest in a WNBA team remains as high as ever.
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