Every time Natalie Vermaas walks into Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena to watch the WNBA's Storm play, building and team staff call her 'Canada.'
She expects that will change if she can get tickets to see WNBA Canada Game, a pre-season exhibition between Seattle and the Los Angeles Sparks at Edmonton’s Rogers Place on May 5, when they go on sale Wednesday. Vermaas said she’s willing to sacrifice her beloved nickname if she can watch her favourite professional sports team play in Canada with thousands of her fellow citizens.
“I feel like to watch that game with fellow Canadians would be so cool,” said Vermaas. “Especially since Kia Nurse, she just got traded to L.A. but she was on Seattle, so now she’ll be playing in Edmonton.WNBA superfan Natalie Vermaas of Vancouver is shown in a handout photo. Tickets go on sale tomorrow for a WNBA pre-season game to be held at Edmonton’s Rogers Place. Vermaas says she’s already looking into flights and accommodation to go to Edmonton for the pre-season game.
“They want to watch elite competition. They want to watch the best of the best play and they’re really truly rooting for your team.” Vermaas missed out on Canada’s first WNBA game, when a sold-out crowd of 19,800 watched the Chicago Sky defeat the Minnesota Lynx 82-74 on May 13 at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. That was due to a personal scheduling conflict, so she’s clearing her calendar and hoping she can beat the rush to grab a ticket for the game in Edmonton.“I’ve been looking up flights to see if I can leave Friday after teaching and come back Sunday or first thing Monday morning,” she said.
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