It seems that the expectation that Detroit takes over a WNBA team in town continues.
Last month, Detroit pistons owner Tom Gores and his wife, Holly, submitted an official offer to bring an WNBA extension team to Detroit. Gores was joined by a renowned group of investors, including Jared Goff, Grant Hill and Chris Webber, but the group would have lost in his efforts to bring the 16th WNBA team to Detroit.
According to a business newspaper sports report on SundayCleveland should be tabulent as the next League expansion team.
Although all indications are that Cleveland should obtain the 16th WNBA franchise, the business newspaper sports putting the chances of Cleveland to obtain the offer that can reach 90% with a potential announcement in March, the WNBA says it works always in its process.
“The WNBA has received formal offers from many ownership groups interested in various markets and we are currently evaluating these proposals,” the WNBA said in a statement.
In addition, Cleveland horsemen said nothing was official.
“Although we are very optimistic about the competitive offer of the WNBA that we have submitted, we have not received any confirmation from the League about their finalists.”
However, there may be good news to support potential disappointment. Sports Business Journal also said that after having received a ton of interest in an extension franchise, including at least 10 offers from the NBA ownersThe league reconsiders its original plan to add a single team and can add two others in addition to Cleveland, if they are actually selected.
At the top of the list of cities envisaged? Detroit, with Philadelphia, Houston, Nashville and Miami.
If Gores and Co. can secure the 17th or 18th franchise of the WNBA, their reported plan is to relaunch the inheritance of the shock of Detroit, the old franchise which was one of the first teams of expansion of the League and which was in Detroit from 1998 to 2009. When the news of the offer was released in January, CNBC reported The group asked for a brand for the previous name “Detroit Shock”.
“This is an exciting opportunity to welcome WNBA in Detroit and provide additional investments and economic activities in the city,” Gores said in a piston press release on January 31. “For the WNBA, it is at home and our offer represents an unprecedented opportunity for the League to complete the loop and make a return to Detroit de Detroit. No city is more ready to adopt the team as A community asset that leads to unity and common ground.
The plan: Tom Gores, Superteam of Investors submit an offer to bring the WNBA team to Detroit
Detroit’s shock was very successful when they were in town, winning three titles between their creation 1998 and 2009, when the team moved to Tulsa before the 2010 season.
A few years later, the franchise has moved again and is now known as Dallas Wings.
If Detroit was removed, the plan would be for the team to play their games at Little Caesars Arena and finally get their own training center, separated from the pistons used.
Of course, the WNBA has gained popularity in recent years, largely motivated by the Caitlin Clark phenomenon.
During his recruited season with Indiana fever, the former Iowa off competition won the recruit of the year and The games she played has always established audience records for the league.
This story has been updated with a WNBA statement.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Tom Gores, Detroit would have decided to lose the expansion of WNBA expansion
