NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and his wife Crissy Haslam submitted an expansion bid to bring a WNBA team named after legendary Lady Vols Coach Pat Summitt to Nashville.
News of the Nashville bid comes in the midst of a growth period in the WNBA, which intends to expand to 16 teams by 2028.
Former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and his wife Crissy Haslam submitted an expansion bid to bring the "Tennessee Summitt" to the WNBA.
Former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam has submitted a bid for the team in Nashville. The team’s ownership group also includes UT legends Candace Parker, Peyton Manning and other big stars. The new expansion franchise, if granted, would begin play in the 2028 WNBA season.
A group that includes Candace Parker and Peyton Manning has placed a bid for a WNBA team in Nashville: the Tennessee Summitt, named after Pat Summitt.
Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker are among the figures looking to bring a WNBA expansion franchise to
The bid has the support of Summitt's son Tyler, as well as Nashville mayor Freddie O'Connell. Among the notable Tennessee icons joining the bid are former Volunteers quarterback Peyton Manning and Lady Vols legend Candace Parker, who played for Summitt from 2004 to '08 before becoming one of the greatest WNBA players in the league's history.
Here are the star-studded, well-funded investors trying to land a WNBA expansion dubbed Tennessee Summitt in Nashville, named after icon Pat Summitt.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and his wife Crissy Haslam submitted an expansion bid to bring a WNBA team named after legendary Lady Vols Coach Pat Summitt to Nashville.
The chairman of the NHL’s Nashville Predators and his wife want to bring the WNBA to Music City and have teamed up with a star-filled investor group
The chairman of the NHL's Nashville Predators and his wife want to bring the WNBA to Music City and have teamed up with a star-filled investor group including Candace Parker,