Toronto Hosted Canada's First WNBA Game & People Want The League To Come To The City​ (PHOTOS)

The game was sold out!

Toronto's first WNBA game.

Toronto's first WNBA game.

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Toronto might be ready for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) to come to the city for good.

Canada hosted its first WNBA game in Toronto Saturday night with a sold-out audience of over 19,000 fans, according to the WNBA Twitter account.

The Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx faced off at Scotiabank Arena, and Chicago Sky took the win home with a score of 82-74.

After the game, the two WNBA teams received a standing ovation from the crowd, according to footage of the event shared online.

"Standing ovation for the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky after the #WNBACanadaGame #WNBA," reads the tweet.

It looks like Toronto fans enjoyed the game, with thousands of fans in the audience and many taking to Twitter to share their desire for the WNBA to expand into the 6ix.

"Anyways. Where are all those dudes that were saying, "Nobody cares about the #WNB" when the #WNBACanadaGame was first announced? I just wanna talk," tweeted out a fan alongside photos of the sold-out game.

"BRING THE W TO THE NORTH! 🗣️" tweeted out another fan.

Other sports fans seem to be hoping that the success of the first Canadian game could lead to a Canadian team.

"History! Hopefully this leads to a Canadian team!" tweeted a fan alongside videos of the packed arena.

Toronto politician and Official Critic for the Attorney General Kristyn Wong-Tam is also championing a WNBA expansion into the six.

"Toronto welcomes the @WNBA with a 19,800 person sold-out crowd. I say we aced our audition. We have the best fans and are ready to host the expansion. Let’s do this!" tweeted out Wong-Tam.

NBA legends Luguentz Dort and Serge Ibaka also showed up to the game and showed their support, according to the WNBA.

Toronto certainly has an interest in the WNBA, so only time will tell if a Canadian expansion is to come.

  • Brooke Houghton (she/her) was a Toronto-based writer for Narcity Media. Brooke has written for publications such as blogTO, Post City, Vitalize Magazine and more.

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