Travis Kelce Confirms Kansas City's Plans for $1.16 Billion Worth League as Caitlin Clark Supports Patrick Mahomes' Visi
WNBA will be expanding to 15 teams by 2026. So far, we’ve got Golden State gearing up for 2025 as the Valkyries, Portland jumping in by 2026, and Toronto snagging a team too. But Commissioner Cathy Engelbert isn’t stopping there. She’s confident the WNBA will hit 16 teams by 2028. And Kansas City has stated its desire to have a WNBA franchise to play at the T-Mobile Center. It’s like watching a draft board light up—exciting, strategic, and packed with potential.
“You think about the KC Current, the Big 12 women’s basketball tournament,” Kathy Nelson, president and CEO of the KC Sports Commission and VisitKC, said in October. “Women’s sports are on the rise, and so is Kansas City.” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes also has stated his desire to have the WNBA play in Kansas City. The ownership group of the Kansas City Current of the National Women’s Soccer League, which includes Patrick and Brittany Mahomes along with Angie and Chris Long, reportedly has met with the WNBA. And according to Mahomes, vouching for a WNBA team for Kansas City wasn’t a tough call.
“It’s kind of no-brainer to try and get a WNBA team in Kansas City, to this fan base. It was cool that we were able to get the soccer team and they’re going to the playoffs now, and you see the support they have,” Mahomes said. “Let’s try to get a WNBA team here as well with the same type of ownership group,” Mahomes had said in October. His vision now has got a boost from none other than the WNBA superstar Kaitlin Clark.
Here’s the scene: Caitlin Clark was chopping it up on New Heights with Travis and Jason Kelce. The talk shifted to the WNBA expanding, and Caitlin pointed out how the schedule will only get busier with more teams. And she’s not wrong as more games will mean fatigue, which would eventually mean players would be more prone to injuries.
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