{"id":895664,"date":"2026-10-26T21:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895664\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T21:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:54:13","slug":"updated-wnba-finals-schedule-for-dream-vs-valkyries-game-6-at-hawks-arena-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895664\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated WNBA Finals Schedule for Dream vs. Valkyries Game 6 at Hawks Arena Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WNBA will stage Game 6 of the 2026 Finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries at State Farm Arena, albeit well outside a prime-time viewing window.<\/p>\n

Game 6 will tip off Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne<\/a> reported the involved parties found a resolution following “a weekend of nonstop frantic discussions and negotiation.” <\/p>\n

The Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers, meanwhile, are moving the start of their game back an hour to 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

This is all a consequence of the Dream’s regular home venue, Gateway Center Arena, seating only 3,500 fans. The Dream and the WNBA would be leaving a lot of money on the table by having playoff games there instead of much larger State Farm Arena.<\/p>\n

However, the start of the NBA season has collided with the WNBA postseason, presenting logistical hurdles to utilizing the Hawks’ regular home arena. Game 4 of the Finals ended just hours before the Hawks’ home opener, which was pushed back by 30 minutes from its original start time.<\/p>\n

A previously scheduled Sombr concert also necessitated moving Game 3 up by one night.<\/p>\n

The Dream are relocating to State Farm Arena full time starting with the 2027 WNBA season, so this should cease being an issue next season.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the WNBA is potentially looking at a championship-clinching game wrapping up on a Thursday afternoon. That’s not ideal for players, fans or media partners.<\/p>\n

It almost harkens back to a time when the NBA aired its Finals games on tape delay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The WNBA Finals are tied 2-2 after the Valkyries earned a 67-62 win in Game 4. Should the series go the distance, Game 7 is scheduled for Saturday at Chase Center in San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA will stage Game 6 of the 2026 Finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-895664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895664","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=895664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}