Sun president says team will remain in Connecticut for 2026 season, deal to Boston group not yet finalized
Connecticut Sun stays in Mohegan Sun Arena for the 2026 season, the president of the Jennifer Rizzotti team confirmed on Sunday. This announcement comes one day after the information according to which Boston Celtics The governor of minorities Steve Pagliuca concluded an agreement with the Mohegan tribe to buyAnd move, the WNBA team for $ 325 million, the most expensive sale for a female sports franchise in the history of the United States.
The agreement must still be approved by the Council of Governors of the WNBA and Rizzotti stressed that the sale is “not yet at the finish line”.
The renewal of the Sun’s Season Ticket is in place for next season and Rizzotti said that he had received “positive feelings” from their fans about maintenance for the 2026 season.
“I know there is still uncertainty about the future, but our faithful fans, they are delighted to be able to look at this team grow and enter the second year of this list of the list and see where we can go,” said Rizzotti, via ESPN. “And if it ends up being our last year here, we will make sure that we will blow it.”
The Mohegan tribe bought the team in 2003, then known as Orlando Miracle, and became the first owners of a WNBA team outside the owners of the NBA. Rizzotti had positive things to say about the Mohegan tribe, noting that they “tried to do what is best not only for this team, but for the league as a whole”.
She said that the Mohegan tribe had been deepened in their search for a new possible owner.
“Did they pass?” Said Rizzotti. “They know that, in some ways, but we have never suffered from loyalty and commitment and a large base of fans and people who really care about taking care of our players.”
The original arena of the sun is increasingly small in the league and a move to Boston would mean that the team plays the most, if not all, home matches at TD Garden. Their situation of installation of practice would also change considerably in the potential movement, going from a space common to a new installation on which Pagliuca also intends to spend 100 million dollars.
The sun has struck a ticket for the playoffs 17 times, including trips each of the last eight years and qualified four times for the WNBA final.
