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The Golden State Valkyries have eclipsed the 10,000 season ticket mark for the team’s inaugural 2025 season, becoming the first WNBA team on record to hit this milestone (Valkyries). CBSSPORTS.com’s Robby Kalland notes the Valkyries had “already set records for season ticket deposits,” reaching 22,000, but “converting deposits into actual ticket packages sold is a different proposition.” Hitting the 10,000 season tickets mark is “quite the milestone for an expansion team” and provides a “clear data point that the WNBA made the right choice” in putting their first expansion franchise since 2008 in S.F. The “success of the Valkyries in selling season tickets for their inaugural season is a good reminder of why so many are trying to launch a franchise” in the WNBA and “capitalize on the current women’s basketball boom.” The challenge for the Valkyries will be to “build a team over the next few years that can build on this initial excitement by winning and competing as a playoff team,” but they are “certainly off to a great start in terms of building a foundation of fans in the Bay Area” (CBSSPORTS.com, 3/26).
