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Former Celtics minority proprietor Steve Pagliuca tried to buy the Solar final summer season and transfer them to Boston.
The Connecticut Solar will reportedly have a brand new house starting within the 2027 season.
The Solar is being bought by the house owners of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, the Fertitta household, according to Paper City Magazine.
Connecticut will play its closing 12 months at Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville within the upcoming 2026 season, per the report.
The crew is predicted to be renamed the Houston Comets, town’s former crew that was disbanded in 2008.
The franchise’s sale, which is reportedly for a WNBA-record $300 million according to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou, comes on the heels of the league’s new collective bargaining agreement.
Final summer season, former Celtics minority proprietor Steve Pagliuca reportedly had a $325 million settlement in place to buy the Solar from the Mohegan Tribe and relocate the crew to Boston. Pagliuca additionally deliberate to construct a apply facility for the Solar in Brighton, which might have price him an additional $100 million.
Pagliuca acknowledged final 12 months that the deal was not made official.
Earlier than the deal may undergo, the WNBA reportedly barred it from occurring. The league even thought-about buying the group itself to decide on what to do with it, which occurred to the Comets earlier than it ceased. The league probably would have moved the Solar out of New England.
As soon as the WNBA bought concerned within the potential sale, motion on a decision appeared to come back to a halt.
Over seven months later, it seems Connecticut’s time as house to an expert basketball crew is coming to an finish.
The Solar have known as the Structure State house since 2003.
Their final common season opener is scheduled for Could 10 after they host the Seattle Storm.
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