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Tickets for both preseason games on May 10 and Sept. 24 are on sale now.
WASHINGTON — The Washington Mystics announced on Wednesday its 2026 preseason schedule and more ticket information for the upcoming season.
The Mystics will take on the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. at CareFirst Arena for their first preseason game and then travel to Atlanta to play the Dream on May 3. Both games will air on Monumental Sports Network and Monumental+.
Single-game tickets are now available for the Mystics’ home opener on Sunday, May 10, against the New York Liberty, as well as Washington’s Sept. 24 matchup against the Chicago Sky at Capital One Arena.
Fans can purchase tickets to the May 10 and Sept. 24 games, along with select special ticket offers, including the popular Brunch & Basketball, by visiting https://mystics.wnba.com/tickets. Additional single-game ticket information will be released at a later date.
As preseason is a little more than a month away, the league and the players’ union have yet to come to a new CBA agreement. That means new competitors like Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire are without rosters until a new agreement is reached. This could also mean the WNBA draft on April 13 could be in jeopardy, and the season may not start on the May 8 deadline.
On Tuesday, the Women’s National Basketball Players Association submitted a counterproposal to the league to include some concessions on revenue sharing and housing, according to ESPN. The players’ union is asking for 27.5% of gross revenue over the course of the agreement. However, in response to the latest proposal a WNBA spokesperson said:
“The Players Association’s latest proposal remains unrealistic and would cause hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for our teams,” the statement said. “We still need to complete two Drafts [a two-team expansion draft and college draft] and free agency before the start of training camp and are running out of time. We believe the WNBA’s proposal would result in a huge win for current players and generations to come.”
