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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 5330671, member: 1737"] [B]Public pressure mounts behind efforts to keep Connecticut Sun as state reportedly submits new proposal[/B] ESPN reported Thursday that the state of Connecticut submitted an additional proposal which would have the state enter into a limited partnership agreement with the tribe. The team would remain primarily at Mohegan Sun Arena with some games held at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford. The proposal, which is still subject to league approval, reportedly involves state-affiliated funding and would have the state build and finance a practice facility in Hartford for the team to lease. Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam said in August that there had been preliminary conversations about potential sites for a downtown practice facility, notably the area around the western side of Constitution Plaza. Scanlon declined to comment on the proposed use of state funds. Scanlon believes even a part-time move to Hartford could be transformative for the city, which hasn’t hosted a major professional sports team since the city’s NHL franchise, the Hartford Whalers, was relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina to become the Hurricanes in 1997. PeoplesBank Arena is already in the midst of a $145 million renovation, and the WNBA’s summer schedule would bring a spike in tourism to the arena and downtown Hartford during one of its slowest seasons. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.courant.com/2025/09/04/public-pressure-mounts-behind-efforts-to-keep-connecticut-sun-as-state-reportedly-submits-new-proposal/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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