"The Golden State Valkyries are the Bay Area's first WNBA team. While the Golden State Valkyries are not the Bay Area's first women's professional basketball team, they are the first such team for the region in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), a league that began in June 1997. The Valkyries' headquarters and practice facility are in Oakland, while they play their home games-at least nearly all of them-at the Chase Center in San Francisco."
"The Valkyries have broken WNBA attendance records. The team has sold out every home game at Chase Center, averaging over 18,000 attendees per game. The Valkyries now have the highest attendance record in WNBA history. As the team recently posted: "We've set the all-time WNBA record for total (397,408) and average (18,064) attendance in a regular season, selling out each of our 22 home games.""
"The franchise is the first in women's sports history to eclipse 15,000 season ticket deposits. Initially it was thought that the Valkyries' popularity would increase over time, with ticket deposits starting off at a modest but steady rate. Instead, fans clamored for tickets even before the Valkyries began their season. The Valkyries have won more games in a single season than any other expansion team in WNBA history."
The Golden State Valkyries launched as the Bay Area's first WNBA team with headquarters and practice facilities in Oakland and home games at San Francisco's Chase Center. The team logo is inspired by the Bay Bridge to symbolize the bi-bay connection. The franchise sold out every home game, averaged over 18,000 attendees, and set all-time WNBA total (397,408) and average (18,064) regular-season attendance records. The Valkyries were the first in women's sports to exceed 15,000 season-ticket deposits and achieved the most wins ever by a WNBA expansion team in a single season.
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