a community that has demonstrated support for women’s basketball,” Harris said. Harris played on the WNBA’s first championship team, the Houston Comets, in 1997. Portland was named the 15th expansion team in the spring. It paid $125 million to bring ...

Our women's basketball team is picking back up in terms of attendance. “We've been in the top 10, 15 over the last two or three years. There's only one other professional sports team here, so Austin checks all the boxes. For me, we are the most W (WNBA ...

More than a dozen cities are being considered for the WNBA's next expansion franchise, which is expected to begin playing by 2028.

Harris has spent the past year raising capital and working on Austin's submission packet to position the city as the WNBA's next team location.

So, Harris has spent the last several years rallying the community, and preparing for a WNBA expansion bid in Austin. That bid is underway, and in turn, Austin has emerged as one