Field Level Media
28 Mar 2026, 03:35 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)
The Fertitta family, which owns the NBA's Houston Rockets, are purchasing the WNBA's Connecticut Sun with the intention of moving the team to Houston, PaperCity Magazine and ESPN reported Friday.
The upcoming season will be the last the Sun play in Connecticut, their home since 2003, before relocating to Houston ahead of the 2027 season. They will be renamed the Houston Comets after the city's previous WNBA franchise, according to PaperCity.
ESPN reported that the Fertittas purchased the Sun for $300 million.
The Mohegan Tribe, current owners of the Sun, entertained offers to sell the team last year. The state of Connecticut proposed a plan to keep the team in-state but move it to the capital of Hartford, while former Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry submitted an offer and reportedly wanted to move the team to Boston.
The Fertitta family, led by Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta, entered the picture with reports of their interest surfacing in December.
Houston had also pursued an expansion franchise, but the WNBA instead selected Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia in the latest round of expansion deals.
The Mohegan Tribe purchased the team formerly known as the Orlando Miracle and moved them to Uncasville, Conn., in 2003. They sent a letter to fans last season promising the team would spend at least the 2026 season in their current home of Mohegan Sun Arena.
The Sun have never won a WNBA title but have lost four times in the league finals, most recently in 2022.
--Field Level Media
Get a daily dose of Milwaukee Sun news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Milwaukee Sun.
More InformationSANTA FE, New Mexico: A New Mexico jury has ordered Meta Platforms to pay US$375 million in civil penalties after finding the company...
NEW YORK CITY, New York: A flight attendant who remained strapped in her seat when she was thrown out of the Air Canada jet that collided...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Democrat politicians and other local officials in California condemned the detention of a crying woman by federal...
LOS ANGELES, California: A jury in California found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972, and awarded...
For decades, the United States moved from covert assassination plots to openly embracing assassination or targeted killing as policy....
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Doctors across the country are worried about growing anti-science attitudes, as mistrust in medicine is spreading...
SANTA FE, New Mexico: A New Mexico jury has ordered Meta Platforms to pay US$375 million in civil penalties after finding the company...
American President Donald Trump says the U.S. has held two days of talks with Tehran on a plan to end the war and has scrapped a 48-hour...
(Photo credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images) The Fertitta family, which owns the NBA's Houston Rockets, are purchasing the WNBA's Connecticut...
(Photo credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images) The San Antonio Spurs continue their chase for the best record in the NBA when they square...
(Photo credit: Troy Wayrynen-Imagn Images) The Portland Trail Blazers already have clinched a postseason berth for the first time...
(Photo credit: Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Sal Frelick and Jake Bauers homered...
