{"id":23458,"date":"2025-07-20T09:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/23458\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T09:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:16:15","slug":"if-it-was-up-to-me-we-might-relocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/23458\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If it was up to me, we might relocate’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\t“I think we can make a lot of noise here starting tonight, so I\u2019m just excited to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Connecticut Sun returned to TD Garden on Tuesday. Elsa\/Getty Images\t<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Connecticut Sun\u2019s sold-out game at TD Garden against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, Sun rookie guard Saniya Rivers spoke highly of her team\u2019s temporary home venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it was up to me, we might relocate here,\u201d Rivers said of Boston on Tuesday while speaking with MassLive\u2019s Kenneth Manoj<\/a>, before adding:\u00a0 \u201c[Boston is] a great city, has great food, great shops \u2014 I love to shop. So just being able to come to the neighboring city and just play here, I think it [does] a lot for women\u2019s basketball in general, you know, get some noise around here [and] get people supporting women\u2019s basketball.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, maybe they can advocate for us to, you know, maybe even relocate. I love Connecticut, it\u2019s fine, but I think the marketing here itself is just going to be better for a women\u2019s basketball program and I think we can make a lot of noise here starting tonight, so I\u2019m just excited to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuesday marks the second straight season where the Sun have held a game at TD Garden. The WNBA franchise recorded a sell-out crowd in Boston in August 2024 in a game against the Los Angeles Sparks before replicating the feat on Tuesday against Clark and Co.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Sun had 19,156 tickets sold<\/a> for Tuesday\u2019s game \u2014 the third sell out of the 2025 season, the third highest attendance to a WNBA game this season to date, and the second largest number of tickets sold to a Sun game in the franchise\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Given the impressive attendance numbers in Boston, it should come as little surprise that this market has been linked to the Sun as team ownership reportedly weighs selling the team.<\/a><\/p>\n

But earlier this month, Boston Women\u2019s Basketball Partners spokesman AJ Gerritson told The Boston Globe<\/a>\u2018s Gary Washburn <\/a>that the Mohegan Tribe \u2014 which owns the Sun \u2014 is choosing to seek new investors for the team to keep them in Connecticut for the foreseeable future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of the path forward for us, it looks more and more like it\u2019s going to be expansion,\u201d Gerritson told Washburn regarding Boston Women\u2019s Basketball Partners\u2019 chances of landing a WNBA team. \u201cAnd in terms of the expansion process, we weren\u2019t able to submit a formal bid last time it was open purely because of timing. Since then, we have worked tirelessly to meet and exceed all standards for expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if the Mohegan Tribe are steadfast in their desire to keep the team in Connecticut, Rivers\u2019 comments are just the latest in a long line of endorsements broadcast by Sun players about Boston\u2019s viability as a WNBA market.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely hope this isn\u2019t the last time that there\u2019s a women\u2019s game here, especially for our team,\u201d then-Sun guard DiJonai Carrington told reporters after last year\u2019s game at TD Garden. \u201cI just think the crowd was incredible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were lulls for us offensively when we weren\u2019t scoring, but the crowd was never out of it. They were chanting the whole entire game. I think they gave us energy, I think they gave us that little boost at the end of the game to finish strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Conor Ryan is a staff writer covering the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox for Boston.com, a role he has held since 2023.<\/p>\n

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