According to reports from PaperCity Magazine and ESPN on Friday, the Fertitta family has acquired the Connecticut Sun basketball team and intends to relocate the WNBA franchise to Houston.
The Sun will complete their final season in Connecticut during the upcoming 2026 campaign before making the move to Texas for the 2027 season. Connecticut has served as the team’s home base since 2003. The franchise will adopt the Houston Comets name, which belonged to the city’s former WNBA team, PaperCity reported.
According to ESPN’s report, the Fertitta family paid $300 million to acquire the Sun.
The Mohegan Tribe, who currently own the franchise, had been considering various purchase offers since last year. Connecticut state officials had proposed relocating the team to Hartford to keep them within state borders, while Marc Lasry, former part-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, made a bid and reportedly planned to move the franchise to Boston.
Interest from the Fertitta family, headed by Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta, became public knowledge in December.
Houston had also sought to obtain a new WNBA expansion team, but the league chose Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia for its most recent expansion round instead.
In 2003, the Mohegan Tribe acquired what was then called the Orlando Miracle and relocated the franchise to Uncasville, Connecticut. Last season, the tribe sent correspondence to supporters guaranteeing the team would remain at Mohegan Sun Arena through at least the 2026 season.
While the Sun have reached the WNBA championship series four times, including as recently as 2022, they have yet to capture their first league title.
