Report: Investors seeking to bring WNBA expansion team to Jacksonville

The group is led by Donna Orender, president of the WNBA from 2005 to 2011, who runs a Jacksonville Beach consulting and advisory firm.

  • By Mark Basch
  • | 2:20 p.m. September 27, 2024
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Reports indicate a group wants to bring a WNBA expansion team to Jacksonville.
Reports indicate a group wants to bring a WNBA expansion team to Jacksonville.
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The WNBA is expanding, and one person with close ties to the women’s basketball league thinks Jacksonville would be an ideal city for a team.

Donna Orender, president of the WNBA from 2005 to 2011, is leading a group seeking an expansion franchise for Jacksonville, according to a Sept. 23 story by Sports Business Journal.

Orender now runs a Jacksonville Beach consulting and advisory firm called Orender Unlimited.

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