Seattle’s PWHL Expansion: What This Surprising Choice Means for the Future of Women’s Hockey
Oak View has longtime ties to women’s hockey, and expressed interest in landing an original six franchise when the league was established in June 2023 by Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter, his wife Kimbra, and tennis icon Billie Jean King.
Seattle features a growing youth hockey program, is home to the WNBA’s Storm and NWSL’s Reign, and previously shown support for women’s hockey. In November 2022, Seattle drew a U.S.-Canada Rivalry Series record crowd of 14,551. In January, the PWHL drew a crowd of 12,608 in kicking off its nine-game Takeover Tour of neutral site games in Seattle.
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