WNBA Sales Double Last Season; Las Vegas Aces are the Top
In-Demand Team After Back-to-Back Finals Wins
NEW
YORK, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As we gear up
for the highly anticipated 2024 WNBA season, StubHub has launched
its inaugural WNBA Season Preview, revealing the top-selling teams,
games, and trends of the season. This year marks another pivotal
moment for women's sports, with WNBA sales on StubHub growing by
93% compared to last season. The Indiana Fever is at the forefront
of this growth, with sales skyrocketing 13-fold, following their
draft pick of college basketball star Caitlin Clark.
Key highlights include:
- Star Rookies and The Caitlin Clark Effect: The Indiana
Fever are the top trending team with overall sales more than 13x
this same time last year.
- The Fever are the #3 in-demand team this year, climbing from
the #11 spot in 2023
- Indiana plays in nine of the
10 best-selling games of the season, all on the road
- Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty on Top: The Aces are
the top in-demand team with sales nearly triple (up 190%) this time
ahead of last season
- The Liberty's home opener against the Fever is the best-selling
game of the season, outselling their home opener last year, also
against the Fever, by over 3x
"StubHub has seen a significant increase in WNBA demand, just as
we did in NCAAW Basketball this past season, marking a notable
moment in the sport's and league's popularity," said Adam Budelli, spokesperson for StubHub. "The
2023 WNBA Finals set a record for the league on StubHub, with sales
tripling compared to the previous year. Now, as we head into this
season, Caitlin Clark's impact is
electrifying, sparking an unprecedented 15x increase in searches
for the Indiana Fever after her WNBA draft announcement."
StubHub's Top In-Demand WNBA Teams*
- Las Vegas Aces
- New York Liberty
- Indiana Fever
- Seattle Storm
- Chicago Sky
*Based on cumulative StubHub ticket sales for the 2024 season
as of April 30, 2024.
StubHub's Top Trending Teams*
- Indiana Fever
- Atlanta Dream
- Minnesota Lynx
- Dallas Wings
- Washington Mystics
*Based on teams with the highest rate of increase in
cumulative StubHub ticket sales for the 2024 season as of
April 30, 2024, in comparison to
sales ahead of the 2023 season
Full data and insights from the WNBA season preview can be found
at stubhub.com/2024WNBApreview.
About StubHub
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Through StubHub in North America
and viagogo, our international platform, we service customers in
195 countries in 33 languages and 49 available currencies with more
than 100 million tickets available to events around the world
annually -- from sports to music, comedy to dance, festivals to
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