Connecticut Sun Ownership To Present Multiple Options For Sale To WNBA

The possession of the Connecticut Solar plans to current a number of choices for a sale to the WNBA, sources advised ESPN.

The choices are more likely to embody a full sale to Steve Pagliuca’s group for $325 million, a sale to a Connecticut-based group that includes Marc Lasry, and permitting the league to buy the staff for $325 million and transfer it to a different market.

Pagliuca’s group plans to maneuver the staff to Boston. Lasry’s group would hold the staff in Connecticut and transfer it to Hartford.

It’s also rumored that the WNBA desires to maneuver the staff to Houston.  

The Mohegan tribe, which has owned the Solar since 2003, is looking for extra readability after Pagliuca’s bid was met with resistant from the league.

The tribe is reportedly pissed off and feels that the league is pushing in the direction of a transfer to a brand new market. The WNBA provided $250 million to purchase the staff and relocate it previous to Pagliuca’s bigger bid.

There’s additionally concern throughout the league that ought to the staff transfer to Boston, it might not be capable to play each residence recreation at TD Backyard because of scheduling points.