Caitlin Clark-fever took over TD Garden for the Connecticut Suns vs. Indiana Fever game on Tuesday — with fans cheering for the basketball phenom and joining the call for a future women’s team in Boston.<\/b>
\nCaitlin Clark-fever took over TD Garden for the Connecticut Suns vs. Indiana Fever game on Tuesday \u2014 with fans cheering for the basketball phenom and joining the call for a future women\u2019s team in Boston.
\u201cWe\u2019re here for Caitlin Clark,\u201d said Sara Brady, standing in a group of college girls decked out in Indiana Fever red and a jerseys for the WNBA star. \u201cShe\u2019s really brought some incredible attention to the game. It\u2019s just awesome to see here tonight.\u201d
Outside TD Garden on Tuesday evening was buzzing with WNBA \u2014 and Caitlin Clark \u2014 enthusiasm as early fans poured into the arena.
Brian Nichols, standing with his wife Lisa and two daughters Casey and Riley both in Clark jerseys, said they would \u201cprobably buy season tickets\u201d for a WNBA team in Boston
\u201cWe\u2019d love it,\u201d Lisa Nichols said. \u201cAnd I think Boston would really support it.\u201d
Julia McCann, a Connecticut Suns fan, drove down from New Hampshire for the game. McCann said the presence of women\u2019s sports is \u201cone of the main fun things\u201d she\u2019s thinking about as she figures out where she wants to end up after college.
\u201cI\u2019m really into all different women\u2019s sports,\u201d said McCann. \u201cAnd with the NWSL team coming back to Boston soon, the WNBA is the only thing that\u2019s missing here. I would really love it if they got one.\u201d
The governor proclaimed Tuesday as WNBA Day in Boston, calling the city a \u201cperfect place for a WNBA team.\u201d The state\u2019s announcement comes days after the Boston City Council passed a resolution urging the league and any potential ownership groups to consider bringing a WNBA team to the city.
\u201cMassachusetts is the birthplace of basketball,\u201d said Governor Maura Healey. \u201cBoston is the most exciting sports town and sports market in the country, and we have phenomenal enthusiasm for women\u2019s sports. Just look at how the WNBA has sold out TD Garden two years in a row. \u2026 We\u2019re ready for a WNBA team in Boston.\u201d
TD Garden hosted its very first WNBA game in August 2024, selling out the Boston arena. At the debut game, the Connecticut Sun defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 69-61.
Tuesday\u2019s game sold out again, with 19,156 tickets bought, according to TD Garden. The game marks the third sell-out of the Sun\u2019s 2025 season and the second largest number of tickets sold in the Sun franchise history.
It is also the third highest attendance at a WNBA game this season, TD Garden announced.
TD Garden President Glen Thornborough called the sold-out game \u201can incredible milestone.\u201d
\u201cThe excitement from fans reflects the undeniable growth and enthusiasm for women\u2019s professional basketball,\u201d Thornborough said. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to play a role in elevating women\u2019s sports here in Boston and to continue creating a platform where these athletes and teams get the spotlight they truly deserve.\u201d
The group Boston Women\u2019s Basketball Partners, run by former NBA player Michael Carter-Williams and actor Donnie Wahlberg, is one of multiple local ownership groups seeking a WNBA team in Boston. In July, the group reportedly indicated they may seek to bid for expansion of the league in Boston.
The WNBA announced three expansion franchises in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia to start playing between 2028 and 2030 in June, bringing the league to 18 teams.
Indiana Fever player Aliyah Boston, who grew up in Worcester, made stops with Boston city officials and at the Massachusetts State House earlier in the week. Boston proclaimed Monday as Aliyah Boston Day in honor of the 2023 WNBA Rookie of the Year\u2019s accomplishments.
\u201cProud to celebrate Aliyah Boston and her accomplishments,\u201d Worrell posted to X on Monday. \u201cShe\u2019s inspired so many on the court and off it. Boston and the WNBA, a perfect match.\u201d<\/p>\n