Storm to build new practice facility, training center for 2024

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Storm announced plans Friday to build a practice facility and training center for the franchise that will house the team’s basketball and business operations.

The facility will sit on a 50,000-square-foot parcel and include two practice courts along with locker rooms, a lounge and a nutrition center for players, and strength and conditioning training spaces.

Construction is scheduled to begin next spring and completion is expected ahead of the training camp for the 2024 WNBA season. The cost of the project was not released.

“This facility reflects our franchise legacy, our athletes’ success, and aims to promote and grow the women’s game and expand youth access to play,” Storm co-owner Lisa Brummel said.

The team said 85% of the workers on the project are women.

The Storm shared a practice facility with the Seattle SuperSonics when the team joined the WNBA in 2000. The team has used space at Seattle Pacific University for basketball activities since 2008, when the Sonics franchise was relocated to Oklahoma City, but business operations have been housed elsewhere.

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