Atlanta, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream are heading into the WNBA Finals still wrestling with where to host their home games, with Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Ga., the default site after talks to use a larger downtown arena stalled.
Barring a late change, Game 3 on Oct. 22, Game 4 on Oct. 24 and Game 6 on Oct. 29 are lined up for Gateway Center Arena, which seats about 3,500 for basketball. That is the smallest home arena in the league and sits just outside Atlanta in College Park.
The Dream hoped to move those dates to State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta, which seats more than 17,000 and hosted six of the team’s regular-season home games plus three playoff home games on the run to the Finals. State Farm Arena is unavailable on the Finals home dates because of a concert and two Atlanta Hawks regular-season games, including the Hawks home opener.
Team officials have also explored other metro options, including Gas South Arena in Duluth and McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus, but those talks have not produced a move so far. Dream president and chief operating officer Morgan Shaw Parker said last week that the organization was still finalizing details on the home venue.
Golden State will host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 at Chase Center in San Francisco, which seats about 18,000. The Dream return to the Finals for the first time since 2013 after sweeping through the first two playoff rounds as the No. 4 seed.
Looking ahead, the Dream announced they will play all of their 2027 regular-season home games at State Farm Arena under a multi-year deal as the WNBA expands to a 50-game schedule. That shift does not solve the immediate Finals calendar in Atlanta, Ga., where fans still need a firm ticket plan for the championship home dates.
