c/nwsl · by CombatWombat@feddit.online · 124d

NWSL awards expansion team to Columbus for record $205 million fee

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7215893/2026/04/21/nwsl-expansion-team-columbus-2028/

Columbus joins Atlanta as a 2028 entrant into the league, which will grow to 18 clubs

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falynns@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 123d (1 reply)

Ticket price increase coming soon!

CombatWombat@feddit.online · 1 pts · 123d

And a press release where Berman explains that increasing ticket prices counterintuitively increases accessibility to woso.

CombatWombat@feddit.online · 2 pts · 124d

I suspect we’ll see club valuations jump pretty steeply this year:

The expansion fee is nearly double the $110 million Denver Summit FC paid last year, and $40 million higher than the $165 million Arthur Blank paid for the Atlanta 2028 franchise just six months ago. Other recent expansion teams, Bay FC and Boston Legacy, paid around $53 million each.

anakin78z@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d

I'm glad there's another year at 16 teams. I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the expansion!