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WNBA expansion: Cathy Engelbert to visit Denver, tour potential facilities as city vies for a team, per report – CBS Sports
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WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert will visit Denver, Colorado on Wednesday to meet with investors and tour potential facilities as the city vies for an expansion team, according to the Denver Post. The WNBA will be expanding at some point in the next few years, though specifics have not been announced.
The investment team heading up Denver’s push for a team includes multiple prominent businesspeople based in the city, including Robert Cohen, Navin Dimond and his daughter, Ashley Dimond. Cohen, who sits on the board of the U.S. Olympic Museum and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, and Navin Dimond were previously involved in a failed effort to have Denver host the 2030 Winter Olympics.
Engelbert has made it clear time and again that she wants to add new teams to the league, but the timeline and location has often shifted.
Denver has previously been mentioned as one of the cities on the short-list, though it has not been thought of as a favorite. If Engelbert is making a trip to meet with investors and tour a potential arena, however, that could be changing. The delay and fluctuating logistics suggests that the league is still open-minded about a landing spot.
It may ultimately be too late in the game for Denver to get a team in this initial round of expansion, but this meeting will only help its case for the future.
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