A bunch lead by Boston Celtics minority proprietor Steve Pagliuca agreed to a deal to buy the Connecticut Solar from the Mohegan Tribe for $325 million, reported Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe.
The workforce might probably transfer to Boston by the 2027 season.
The group would additionally make investments $100 million into a brand new follow facility in Boston.
The deal units a document for the best value for a WNBA workforce.
The sale nonetheless should be permitted by each the WNBA and the league’s governors.
The league launched an announcement on the potential transfer, saying “Relocation choices are made by the WNBA Board of Governors and never by particular person groups. As a part of our most up-to-date growth course of, during which three new franchises have been awarded to Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia on June 30, 2025, 9 further cities additionally utilized for WNBA groups and stay beneath energetic consideration.
“No teams from Boston utilized for a workforce at the moment and people different cities stay into consideration based mostly on the intensive work they did as a part of the growth course of and presently have precedence over Boston. Celtics’ potential proprietor Invoice Chisholm has additionally reached out to the league workplace and requested that Boston obtain sturdy consideration for a WNBA franchise on the acceptable time.”
