WNBA Expansion Team Valkyries Sign Chase as First Jersey Sponsor

September 4, 2024

The Golden State Valkyries and JPMorgan Chase have signed a multi-year sponsorship that will make the banking giant’s Chase Freedom brand the first founding partner of the WNBA expansion team, which starts play in 2025. Chase Freedom’s logo will be on the club’s home and away jerseys.

The team calls Chase their jersey “shield” partner in a nod to the team’s name, with its roots in Norse mythology and warrior women known as the Valkyries. Last year, the owners of the Golden State Warriors, led by Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, agreed to pay a $50 million expansion fee for a WNBA team in the Bay Area. The Valkyries will be the league’s first expansion franchise since Atlanta in 2008. Sportico