Boston and/or Providence? Or Hartford? 3 governors are making plays for the Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun could soon rise over Boston if a purported deal goes through, but Gov. Dan McKee isn’t ready to walk off the court just yet when it comes to potentially hosting the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team.
The Boston Globe reported Saturday that former Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca’s PagsGroup wants to relocate the WNBA team from Uncasville, Connecticut, to Boston’s TD Garden by 2027. The deal has a record-smashing $325 million price tag attached, plus $100 million for a new training facility, the Globe reported.
The deal would transfer the team from its current owners, the Mohegan Tribe, but it still needs to be approved by the WNBA and its board of governors. But a statement Pagliuca posted Sunday evening to X has fueled speculation that Rhode Island could still be involved in some capacity.
“An investor group led by PagsGroup, and supported by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee, has offered to acquire the Connecticut Sun with the objective of keeping New England’s WNBA team in New England,” Pagliuca wrote. “No transaction has been agreed yet.”
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