Atlanta Dream says it warned the WNBA 2 months ago about scheduling conflict concerns. The league is hosting a finals game at lunchtime anyway
Source: Fortune ·
The potentially title-deciding Game 6 was moved from an 8 p.m. ET start time to 12:30 p.m. ET as a result of scheduling conflicts at the larger-capacity State Farm Arena.
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There’s a real chance a WNBA victor could be crowned for the season on Thursday before some fans even sit down for their in-office desk lunch. The league moved Game 6 of the championship series from its primetime slot of 8 p.m. ET to 12:30 p.m. ET slot as a result of a scheduling conflict. The game was moved from the 3,500-seat Gateway Center in College Park, Georgia, to the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena, which is home to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, to accommodate larger crowds, but an already scheduled regular season NBA match at the arena forced the league to move up the start time. Championship contender the Atlanta Dream said it warned the WNBA about potential scheduling issues months ago, but that its warning went unheeded. “Two months ago, when the WNBA finalized playoff dates and times, we raised concerns that the W Finals schedule conflicted with NBA games at State Farm Arena,” the Dream ownership group wrote in an open letter published on Tuesday. “As we moved through the…