The Washington Mystics will move four of their 22 home games in the 2025 WNBA regular season to larger venues in Maryland and Virginia, the team announced Thursday.
Washington relocated its matchup against the Las Vegas Aces on July 10 to EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Va. The Mystics’ matchup against the Chicago Sky on July 8 will also be played at EagleBank Arena. Washington also moved its games against the Indiana Fever on May 28 and Sept. 7 to CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore instead of inside its usual venue, CareFirst Arena.
CareFirst Arena seats just over 4,000 fans, while EagleBank Arena and CFG Bank Arena seat around 10,000 people and 11,000 people.
“Fans of the Mystics live across the DMV and beyond, and we’re excited to bring the incredible experience of the WNBA closer to home for fans living near Baltimore and Northern Virginia,” Mystics chief business officer Alycen McAuley said in a statement. “As our game continues to experience tremendous growth, we’re thankful we have this opportunity to allow even more fans to come see the Mystics in person.”
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Not one, not two, but FOUR Mystics home games will be relocated to @Eaglebankarena & @CFGBankArena this season!
Last season we sold out of all home games, let’s do it again! We can’t wait to put on a show for Northern VA and Baltimore. 😏
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Last year, Washington moved several of its home games into larger venues. The Mystics’ regular-season finale against the Fever set a WNBA single-game attendance record, with 20,711 fans witnessing the contest played inside Capital One Arena.
The team’s agreement with the District and Events DC allows the Mystics to schedule up to four games outside CareFirst Arena. While the Mystics’ relocated games were played at Capital One Arena last season, the arena will be unavailable this summer during renovations as part of a recently approved plan worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Fever are no strangers to having their games moved. Last season, Indiana played in relocated larger venues when visiting the Aces, Atlanta Dream and Los Angeles Sparks.
This season, Indiana’s matchup against the Connecticut Sun on July 15 will be set in Boston’s TD Garden instead of Connecticut’s smaller Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The Fever will also play the Aces on June 22 in T-Mobile Arena, which has a capacity of 18,000, up from 12,000 people at the Aces’ usual home, Michelob ULTRA Arena.
“I think it’s great because it gives other people an opportunity to not only come and see the Fever play, but also see the Mystics play,” Indiana center Aliyah Boston said Thursday. “I think that is super exciting because we continue to draw people to the WNBA, people to these games. And hey, they might come in for one player in that moment, and then they might leave liking two or three more.”
Amid Caitlin Clark’s record-setting rookie season, the Fever hit record attendance numbers, averaging 17,036 per home game to lead the league in attendance for the first time. Indiana also led the WNBA in average road attendance at 15,131 per game.
The Sky finished second in road attendance last season and played the Mystics at Capital One Arena.
The 2025 WNBA regular season begins on May 16.
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