Atlanta Dream sees historic ticket demand heading into upcoming WNBA season

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - There’s a lot of buzz across the country surrounding the upcoming WNBA season as college superstars like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso enter the professional basketball scene.

In Atlanta, it’s no different.

On Monday, the Atlanta Dream announced that during their Sunday pre-sale, they sold out of season tickets and sold out five home games in about 24 hours. Those include two home games against the Indiana Fever, two against the Chicago Sky and one against the Las Vegas Aces.

“We’ve got some generational talent in the mix. We’ve got some unprecedented competition. I think people are starting to turn their heads and say we’ve been sleeping on women’s basketball! This is some incredible energy,” Morgan Shaw Parker, Atlanta Dream president, said.

Some fans took to social media saying they registered for the pre-sale, but never received a code to purchase tickets.

“We are excited that there’s so much demand and we understand that some people didn’t get a text message. Everyone got an email, but not everyone got a text message. So, we’re looking into that to figure out why that happened,” Shaw Parker said.

Anticipating that high demand, the Atlanta Dream also implemented location services during their pre-sale to prevent out-of-state brokers from buying tickets in bulk and hiking up the price on re-sale sites. This did not apply to states bordering Georgia, which included Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina.

“I would love to go to a game, but it’s going to be hard to get tickets now,” basketball fan Deyonce Lewis said.

Shaw Parker said single game tickets are still available for several home games. They go on sale to the general public Thursday morning at 8 a.m.

“After making the playoffs for the first time in five years last season, our fans have carried that momentum into 2024. Excitement around women’s sports, particularly basketball, is at an all-time high and nowhere is that felt more than here in Atlanta,” Shaw Parker said. “We’ve continued a record-setting growth trajectory over the past three years under new ownership — both on and off the court — and 2024 is shaping up to be our best season yet.”