{"id":582326,"date":"2026-04-13T21:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/582326\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:06:11","slug":"dallas-wings-to-host-downtown-draft-party-celebrate-no-1-pick-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/582326\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings to host downtown draft party, celebrate No. 1 pick \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Wings will host a WNBA Draft Party on Monday night at Happiest Hour in downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open to fans at 5:30 p.m., ahead of the draft, which will air live on ESPN at 6 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>After selecting WNBA Rookie of the Year Paige Bueckers with the top pick at the 2025 WNBA Draft, the Wings once again enter Draft Night holding the No. 1 pick for the second straight year. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to No. 1, Dallas also currently holds the No. 31 overall selection. Live broadcast of the Draft Pre-Show and WNBA Draft will play throughout the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the evening, attendees of the Draft Party will receive a behind-the-scenes perspective on the team\u2019s Draft Night operations, including a private message from general manager Curt Miller and a live chalk talk session led by Ron Thulin, the play-by-play voice of the Wings.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will also be the first to access the Dallas Wings 2026 merchandise line and newly released single-game tickets. The program will feature an appearance and live sit-down conversation with a Wings player. <\/p>\n<p>The first 300 fans will receive complimentary food provided by the Wings and Happiest Hour. Other food and beverages will be available for purchase on site. <\/p>\n<p>Fans who were unable to secure a ticket will still have access to seating near the reserved spaces, food and beverages.<\/p>\n<p>The Wings tip off their 2026 slate on the road at the Indiana Fever on Saturday, May 9, at noon. They&#8217;ll make their home debut at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday, May 12 at 7 p.m. against the Atlanta Dream.\u202f <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Wings will host a WNBA Draft Party on Monday night at Happiest Hour in downtown Dallas.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1062,2834,99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-582326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-wings","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}