The state of Connecticut submitted a proposal for a bid to buy a minority stake within the Connecticut Solar on Thursday.
The proposed funding would use funds related to the state to buy a minority stake within the franchise valued at over $250 million. The staff would break up house video games between Mohegan Solar Enviornment and PeoplesBank Enviornment in Hartford.
PeoplesBank Enviornment is at present present process a $145 million renovation. The Solar are at present solely permitted to play a handful of video games on the enviornment.
The proposal would additionally embody the state financing a brand new observe facility in Hartford, which might be leased by the staff.
“I do consider that the most effective place for the Connecticut Solar is Connecticut as a result of we’ve got this very fierce fan base for ladies’s basketball,” Connecticut Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz advised ESPN.
The Mohegan tribe nonetheless have to evaluate and negotiate the state’s proposal.
The Solar and the WNBA are anticipated to fulfill within the upcoming weeks to debate their choices.
The staff at present have a number of choices on the desk for a sale, together with a $325 million provide from Steve Pagliuca’s group that might see the franchise relocate to Boston.
