The 2024 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship Game has been moved from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to UBS Arena on Long Island, the league announced Monday.
With Barclays Center hosting the NBA draft on June 26, the arena cannot hold the in-season tournament’s final there as scheduled the day prior. The New York Liberty, winners of the 2023 Commissioner’s Cup, earned the right to host the Minnesota Lynx in the championship as the Liberty hold the better regular-season winning percentage between the two teams.
The Liberty, however, alerted the WNBA to the potential arena conflict upon the release of the tournament’s new format and scheduling in December, a source familiar with the situation told ESPN.
The extensive multiday load-in process for ESPN and the NBA heading into the draft — which has been held at Barclays each year since 2013 (excluding 2020) — precludes the arena from accommodating a game on June 25. But the league told the Liberty at that time…
