WNBA to hold pre-season game between Sparks and Storm in Edmonton on May 5

By The Canadian Press on March 7, 2024.

The WNBA is coming back to Canada for a pre-season game in Edmonton between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Seattle Storm on May 5. Seattle Storm centre Ezi Magbegor #13 reaches for the ball in front of forward Stephanie Talbot (7) during the first half of the team's WNBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks, in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ap-The Orange County Register, Keith Birmingham, *MANDATORY CREDIT

The WNBA is coming back to Canada for a pre-season game in Edmonton.

The Los Angeles Sparks will face the Seattle Storm on May 5 at Rogers Place.

It’s the second year in a row a Canadian city has hosted a WNBA pre-season game after Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena held one in 2023.

The game in Edmonton will be the fourth WNBA pre-season held outside the United States with Manchester, England (2011) and Monterrey, Mexico (2004) previously hosting.

The Chicago Sky beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-74 before a sold-out crowd of 19,800 at Scotiabank Arena on May 13 in the inaugural WNBA Canada Game.

The four-time WNBA champion Storm currently features 2023 league scoring leader and All-Star Game MVP Jewell Loyd.