The Houston Comets‘ long-awaited return will officially arrive next summer.

The Comets are still just over a year away from their new season, which will be the first in Houston in nearly two decades (the Comets were an original WNBA team in 1997, which played 12 years in Houston before folding in 2008). But the Comets are already laying the groundwork for what should be a raucous Opening Night at Toyota Center next spring.

The Comets’ official website went live at 8 a.m. On Monday morning, fans are already eligible to place a non-refundable $99 deposit to gain priority access to season tickets. On the site, they’ll be greeted by a bevy of Comets superstars of a generation past. 

“We are the dynasty in the WNBA,” Cynthia Cooper said on the site’s promotional video. “The legacy and the history of the Houston Comets, to bring them back to Houston, [it’s great].”

Fans will be able to purchase season ticket packages for up to four people, and the packages are “intended for Houston-area customers.” Seating prices have not yet been announced as of Monday. 

The new edition of the Comets will work to build their own legacy of success in Houston. In the interim, the Comets will lean on their legendary past, which fueled the WNBA’s first dynasty late last century. The Comets were one of the original eight teams in the WNBA, beginning in 1997 and won the league’s first four championships. That fact remains a point of pride both in Houston and among the former stars who led the Comets. 

“The city has been waiting for so long,” Tina Thompson said on Monday. 

“Houston did it!” said Comets icon and Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes with a smirk.

Patrick Fertitta, Tilman’s son and the Alternate Governor for the Houston Rockets, shared a similar note.

“My family and I are thrilled for the opportunity to bring the Houston Comets back to this incredible city,” Fertitta said in a statement. “Houston has a proud championship history in the WNBA, with banners from the Comets’ four historic championship seasons still hanging in the rafters of Toyota Center. We believe the time is right to begin the next great era of Comets basketball, and we look forward to working with the WNBA as we move through this process.”

The Comets won’t take the floor at Toyota Center for another 14 months. Fans can still follow the franchise’s lead-up to live games, in part through the team’s Comets Insider newsletter and newly launched social media channels on X, Instagram and Facebook.