NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA once again had strong metrics as the league had its most-watched regular season in 21 years and its highest average attendance since 2018.
Viewership was up 21% over last year across its national television partners and the league's average attendance of 6,615 fans was the WNBA's highest since the 2018 season.
An expanded schedule to 40 games this season helped the league gain its highest total attendance in 13 years (1,587,488).
Las Vegas also hosted the highest-attended game this season, drawing a crowd of 17,406 on Sunday against Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury on the final day of the regular season.
That game was played at the bigger T-Mobile Arena as opposed to the Aces regular venue, which seats about 12,000.
Persons:
Cathy Engelbert, Brittney Griner, Nikki Fargas, ___
Organizations:
WNBA, Aces, Phoenix Mercury, Mobile, ” Aces, ESPN
Locations:
Vegas