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Message: [QUOTE="drayenob, post: 5318209, member: 9282"] [URL="https://www.courant.com/2025/08/03/not-quite-at-the-finish-line-hartford-group-competing-with-boston-bid-to-keep-connecticut-sun-in-state/"]‘Not quite at the finish line’: Hartford group competing with Boston bid to keep Connecticut Sun in-state[/URL] [I]The Sun can’t be relocated from Connecticut without approval from the WNBA and its Board of Governors, and the Globe reported that the league could force the Mohegan Tribe to sell to an in-state buyer. The WNBA also put out a statement Saturday which noted that Boston did not put in a bid during the league’s most recent round of expansion and said nine bid cities that did not receive franchises “currently have priority over Boston.” [B]A source with knowledge of the negotiations told The Courant an investment group led by billionaire Marc Lasry, a former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, is attempting to compete with Boston’s offer to keep the team in Connecticut with a home at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford.[/B] The Hartford group’s bid also exceeds $300 million and includes plans to construct a new dedicated practice facility for the team. The Mohegan Tribe had a period of exclusivity to sell to the Boston group which has since expired, so both offers remain on the table.[/I] [/QUOTE]