The Women’s National Basketball Association has officially broken its single-season attendance record, attracting 2.5 million fans for sports across the country so far this year, the League announced on Thursday.
The new record set on Wednesday, an account for the crowd participating in 226 WNBA Games in 2025, which included 13 teams, according to a social media post shared by WNBA. The previous record set in 2002, reached after much more games – 256 – and more teams compared to the new record – 16 teams were included.
This latest milestone follows WNBA Commissioner Kathy Angelbert in June It has been told As a growing public demand for women’s basketball. At that time, league Shared your plans With new teams in Portland, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia, commitment to enhance the game, increase opportunities for players, and to bring professional women’s basketball to new and passionate fanbase and new and passionate fanbase to new and passionate fanbase, to expand from 15 teams next year next year. ,
The league includes approval of Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia teams by WNBA and NBA Board of Governors. If they are approved, Cleveland will begin to play in 2028, followed by Teams in Detroit and Philadelphia in 2029 and 2030 according to WNBA. The Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire, which were earlier declared, are both set to start playing in 2026.
Engelbert said in a statement, “The demand for women’s basketball has never been high, and we are thrilled to welcome Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia in the WNBA family.” “This historical expansion is a powerful reflection of the extraordinary speed of our league, the depth of talent in sports and the increasing demand for women’s professional basketball.”
