StevenHW
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(I posted part of this message on the women's b-ball message board on ESPN.com, but I thought I'd share this with you as well.)
On the Charlotte Sting page, Sam Smith (the team's play-by-play radio guy) got inspired when he found out that the Arizona State Sun Devils' women's b-ball team will be hosting Texas Tech on December 18th (a week before Xmas) at Chase Field, a retractable domed stadium in Phoenix that the Arizona Diamondback baseball team uses. It was formerly called the Bank One Ballpark (or "The BOB", for short).
(click below):
http://www.wnba.com/sting/blog_smith_06.html
As for outdoor basketball, I really like the idea, but not on a regular basis. Since the WNBA is a summer league, the weather can get really hot (depending on which city you live in), so perhaps a night game might be better!
I'm not sure what place the Monarchs could play games outdoors, though. Maybe at Raley Field? Hornet Stadium at Sac State?
Besides, many basketball players got their start playing outdoors, either on their parent's driveway, garage, public basketball courts (or "street basketball"), or at a schoolyard. So, it will be like a trip back to their childhood for many of the WNBA players!
According to the following weblink, there was also an outdoor game Dec. 27, 2000, which involved the UT Lady Vols and the Arizona State Sun Devils. Ticket proceeds went to benefit breast cancer research. The Volunteers won that game, 67-63. It was the first-ever NCAA Women's Basketball game held outdoors, and it drew 16,282, the largest crowd to see a Pac-10 women's basketball game.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=2583854
The more I think of the idea, the more I like it: outdoor WNBA games under the stars during a hot summer night! C'mon, Donna, make it happen!
On the Charlotte Sting page, Sam Smith (the team's play-by-play radio guy) got inspired when he found out that the Arizona State Sun Devils' women's b-ball team will be hosting Texas Tech on December 18th (a week before Xmas) at Chase Field, a retractable domed stadium in Phoenix that the Arizona Diamondback baseball team uses. It was formerly called the Bank One Ballpark (or "The BOB", for short).
(click below):
http://www.wnba.com/sting/blog_smith_06.html
As for outdoor basketball, I really like the idea, but not on a regular basis. Since the WNBA is a summer league, the weather can get really hot (depending on which city you live in), so perhaps a night game might be better!
I'm not sure what place the Monarchs could play games outdoors, though. Maybe at Raley Field? Hornet Stadium at Sac State?
Besides, many basketball players got their start playing outdoors, either on their parent's driveway, garage, public basketball courts (or "street basketball"), or at a schoolyard. So, it will be like a trip back to their childhood for many of the WNBA players!

According to the following weblink, there was also an outdoor game Dec. 27, 2000, which involved the UT Lady Vols and the Arizona State Sun Devils. Ticket proceeds went to benefit breast cancer research. The Volunteers won that game, 67-63. It was the first-ever NCAA Women's Basketball game held outdoors, and it drew 16,282, the largest crowd to see a Pac-10 women's basketball game.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=2583854
The more I think of the idea, the more I like it: outdoor WNBA games under the stars during a hot summer night! C'mon, Donna, make it happen!
