Reports say that Sun have been sold and will move to Houston in 2027

It looks like the Connecticut Sun’s final season in Uncasville will be this summer.

Well, we knew this could be coming. Fans of the Connecticut Sun were hoping something could be worked out to keep the WNBA franchise in southeastern Connecticut.

But it looks like this will be the final season for the Sun in Uncasville.

ESPN and other publications are reporting that the Sun have reached an agreement to sell the team for $300 million to Tilman Fertitta, the owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, who will move the team to Houston in 2027.

According to the reports, the Sun will play one final season in Uncasville, including two games in Hartford and one in Boston.

The WNBA’s Board of Governors still must approve the sale and move but speculation over the past year has shown that this is the path the league wanted to take.

Last spring, Steve Paglicua, the minority owner of the NBA’s Boston Celtics led a group that offered the Mohegan Tribe $325 million to move the team to Boston where he would build a $100 million practice facility, according to reporting in the Boston Globe.

The league’s Board of Governor’s responded by saying that relocation decisions are made by the WNBA Board of Governors and not individual teams.

Last summer, published reports said that Marc Lasry, who grew up in West Hartford and a former minority owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, had matched the $325 million bid to buy the Sun and move it to Hartford.

The WNBA wasn’t thrilled with that proposal, either, saying that neither Boston nor Hartford had participated in the recent expansion process. The WNBA said in a statement that they would be prioritizing cities that had participated in their recent expansion process.

Of course, why would a group in Hartford look for a WNBA expansion franchise with the Sun less than 40 minutes away in Uncasville.

In the end, it was obvious that the WNBA didn’t want the Sun in New England unless it was owned by the Mohegan Tribe.

In June 2025, the WNBA announced that three new expansion franchises in Cleveland (2028), Detroit (2029) and Philadelphia (2030) each paid $250 million to join the league.

The New York Times reported in the expansion process that more than 10 cities were vying for WNBA teams, including a group from Houston.

In May 2025, the Mohegan Tribe hired an investment bank, Allen & Company, to explore the sale of the franchise. The Mohegan Tribe has owned the Sun since 2003 when they purchased the Orlando Miracle for a reported $10 million and moved the franchise to Uncasville. The Sun were the first franchise run by non-NBA owner and were the first to turn a profit. Connecticut reached the WNBA finals four times but fell short each time.

The $300 million price tag from the Houston group will be the largest for a WNBA franchise, reported the Associated Press.

An official announcement is expected Monday, according to ESPN.