NEW: The commissioner of the WNBA will visit Denver this week to meet with a group of investors attempting to bring an expansion franchise to the Mile High City. Story from Noelle_Phillips
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will visit Denver on Wednesday as the league assesses the city’s potential for an expansion team, possibly as early as 2025.
The investment team includes Robert Cohen, chairman and chief executive officer of IMA Financial Group; Navin Dimond, CEO and co-founder of Stonebridge Companies, a hospitality and hotel development company; and his daughter Ashley Dimond, who works as Stonebridge’s director of strategy, the source said.Bill Hanzlik, a former Denver Nugget and founder of the youth sports organization Gold Crown Foundation, said he has been involved with the investors as a potential non-profit partner.
Engelbert will be accompanied by Todd DeMoss, the WNBA’s associate vice president of basketball operations, the source said. They will visit Ball Arena, home of the Nuggets and Avalanche, and Magness Arena on the University of Denver campus as they scout future practice and home game facilities.that the WNBA has a list of 10 cities where it is considering adding one or two teams by 2025. Denver is reportedly on that list.
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