The Liberty Are Moving to Brooklyn

The Liberty declared on Thursday that they would play their home games next season at Barclays Center, the Brooklyn field that additionally houses the N.B.A's. Nets. The field was as of late bought by Joe Tsai, the groups' essential proprietor. 

The declaration came a day after the W.N.B.A. group rolled out another enormous improvement. On Wednesday, the group said it would not reestablish the agreement of its lead trainer, Katie Smith, 45, who was raised to the situation in 2018 subsequent to filling in as an aide and partner lead trainer since 2014. The group was 10-24 this year, after a 7-27 record in her first season as lead trainer. 

Barclays will be a colossal overhaul for the Liberty. The group played the previous two seasons at the Westchester County Center, where limit was around 2,000 

The transition to Westchester came as the group's previous proprietor, James L. Dolan, was hoping to sell the group and set aside cash. Playing at Madison Square Garden — the Liberty's home for more often than not since the establishment was shaped in 1997 — cost around multiple times more than playing in White Plains, N.Y. 

"With a considerable lot of our fans situated in the five districts, moving to Barclays Center will make the Liberty all the more halfway found, enabling us to bring back the first fan base and pull in new supporters," said David Levy, CEO of the Nets and Barclays Center, just as leader of J Tsai Sports. "The scene change, alongside the principal pick in the 2020 W.N.B.A. draft, has situated the group for an energizing future." 

The Liberty likewise had a high pick in the 2019 draft and chose Asia Durr, who was harmed for half of the period, at No. 2 over all. 

Duty said the proprietorship gathering took a gander at a couple of different settings, yet it was obvious Barclays was the correct spot. "We wouldn't have done this on the off chance that we didn't figure it would be productive," he said. 

Barclays will open the lower bowl for most games, making a limit of more than 8,000, with the choice to extend. The Liberty played one normal season game against Seattle in Barclays this year, and it drew 7,715 fans.