WNBA Attendance Report (June 9 Update)

The WNBA announced that the 2024 season has opened with the highest attendance in 26 years.

The WNBA’s unprecedented growth continues as the league, which just tipped off its 28^th season on May 14^th, finished May with its highest attended opening month in 26 years and its most-watched start of season across each network ever: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, ION and NBA TV.

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This week saw the Washington Mystics host two games at Capital One Arena. Their game on June 6 against the Sky drew 10,000. Their game on June 7 set a league record for the highest attendance for a regular season game since 1999 with 20,333. Five teams are hosting games outside of their regular home arena this season. The Sparks hosted two games at The Pyramid at Long Beach State. Upcoming games will have the Dream at State Farm Arena on June 21 & August 26.

The Las Vegas Aces will host their July 2 and September 3 games at T-Mobile Arena. Additionally, the Mystics will also hold their July 16 game at Capital One Arena. Finally, the Connecticut Sun will host their August 20 game at TD Garden Arena in Boston, MA.

Approximately 400,000 fans attended WNBA games since the tip of the season through the end of May, the most through the first month of the season in 26 years. More than half of all WNBA games were sellouts, which is a 156% increase from last year.

Additionally, WNBA arenas were filled to a 94% capacity, up 17% from last year.

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The Mystics had the largest attendance for the week with their June 7 game against Indiana (20,333). Meanwhile, the Dream once again had the lowest attendance for the week on June 6 against the Liberty (3,255).