As per CBC's Shireen Ahmed, the WNBA will be expanding to Toronto with a new team in the coming years, with an official announcement coming later this month.The ownership group is expected to be Kilmer Sports, which is headed up by MLSE chairman Larry Tanenbaum.
The PWHL Toronto franchise has also been playing their playoff games out of the arena this year, with talks about using the Coliseum as its full time home rink moving forward. The league is currently composed of 12 teams, all of which are in American markets, with a San Francisco-based team announced to come into the league for 2025.
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