WNBA Opening Week Attendance Jumps 24% Year-Over-Year

May 26, 2023

Opening week attendance for the WNBA is up 24% compared to last year’s opening week, the league announced Friday.

The jump in fan attendance comes alongside record-breaking WNBA TV ratings as the opening night game on May 19 between the Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury generated 683,000 average viewers on ESPN with 1 million peak viewers—making it the most-viewed WNBA regular season game on cable in 24 years. FOS