Patrick Mahomesquarterback of the Kansas City Chiefsmet with some officials of the WNBA.
Together with the rest of the group that owns the Kansas City Currentwho play in the National Women’s Soccer Leaguethe objective is in fact to bring a women’s basketball franchise in the city.
“Obviously we want to bring basketball to Kansas City in general.” Mahomes said. “It’s already nice to have been able to bring the women’s soccer team here and see the support the girls have.”
The Current, who play in a stadium from 117 million dollars, purpose-built near downtown Kansas City, they have regular sold out in their home games during this season. On November 9th they will begin playoffsafter losing only 3 times throughout the season.
Mahomes and his wife Brittanya former footballer, often attend Current matches.
“I think that, more than anything, I know how much sport has given me” he said. “When I’m done with football and move on in life, I still want to be part of the sporting world. I hope to be able to bring a WNBA team here, so I can have a good impact in the sport and show my daughter that you can chase your dream, whatever it is.”
The WNBA will add three teams over the next two seasons.
Ma Kansas City seems like a perfect candidate, having long had the right infrastructure for a professional basketball franchise. It was in fact built on T-Mobile Center In the 2007with the hope of attracting the creation of a team to the city NBA o NHL. This never materialized, but the building remained occupied for concerts and other sporting events, including the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments Big 12. Mahomes believes a WNBA franchise would be a great fit for the arena.
“They want to expand and you have to choose how to do it” he said. “Obviously, the WNBA has grown in recent years. We believe Kansas City is a great place to continue growth, but we need to fight other cities to show them this is the right place.”
While Cathy Engelbert declared that the WNBA would like to add a 16th team within the season 2028it is in fact expected that Kansas City will have competition from St. LouisPhiladelphia and many other cities. The first, more than the others.
It seems like Jayson Tatum is supporting one notable push to bring a WNBA team to St. Louis.
As reported by SportyTatum informally agreed to invest in one potential franchise in St. Louis, and would even be willing to submit the offer to other investors, as well as the WNBA itself.
So, it just remains to understand whoever will go first between the two.
