{"id":436808,"date":"2026-01-27T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/436808\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:42:07","slug":"portland-fire-announces-chime-as-jersey-sponsor-for-inaugural-wnba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/436808\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Fire announces Chime as jersey sponsor for inaugural WNBA season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/search\/?query=Portland%20Fire%20WNBA\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/search\/?query=Portland%20Fire%20WNBA\">Portland Fire<\/a> announced Tuesday that financial technology company Chime will serve as one of its jersey sponsors for the team\u2019s inaugural WNBA season this spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Chime was named as the team\u2019s Official Bank and Credit Partner on Tuesday. Chime\u2019s logo will be featured on the left shoulder of all three editions of the Fire\u2019s 2026 jerseys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Interim President Clare Hamill said the partnership will \u201cshape a modern franchise rooted in values, community, and long-term impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cChime understands that with the return of the Portland Fire comes a responsibility to honor our history while intentionally building for the future,\u201d said Hamill.<\/p>\n<p>The Portland Fire will open their 2026 season at home May 9 against the Chicago Sky, marking the franchise\u2019s return to the WNBA after a 24-year absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As part of the partnership, Chime members will have access to the new Chime Lane, a VIP entrance at Moda Center, and Chime Club, which offers exclusive merchandise, curated food and beverage offerings, special guest appearances and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Fire is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/2026\/01\/21\/portland-fire-announces-debut-season-schedule-with-help-portlandia-stars\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/2026\/01\/21\/portland-fire-announces-debut-season-schedule-with-help-portlandia-stars\/\">set to tip off its first season this spring<\/a> as the WNBA\u2019s newest franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KPTV-KPDX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) &#8211; The Portland Fire announced Tuesday that financial technology company Chime will serve as one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-436808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}