Caitlin Clark mania 攻撃する，衝突するs fever pitch as tickets for her WNBA debut with Indiana sell out as Connecticut Sun fill home opener for first time since 2003

  • The Connecticut Sun's home opener sold out for the first time in two １０年間s
  • The Tuesday ナイター 示すs Caitlin?Clark's first 正規の／正選手 season WNBA game
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By Emily Selleck

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The Caitlin Clark hype is translating into big dollars for the WNBA.?

For the first time since 2003, the Connecticut Sun's home opener has sold out, the team 発表するd Monday.

All 8,910 seats at Mohegan Sun 円形競技場 are 推定する／予想するd to be filled when the Suns take on the Indiana Fever Tuesday night.?

It will 示す Clark's first 正規の／正選手 season game since she was 草案d number one 全体にわたる in April.

The last time the Suns' 就任の game sold out was the 2003 home opener against the Los Angeles 誘発するs.

Caitlin Clark's first regular season game will take place in Connecticut Tuesday night

Caitlin Clark's first 正規の／正選手 season game will take place in Connecticut Tuesday night

The Connecticut Sun confirmed their home opener sold out for the first time since 2003

The Connecticut Sun 確認するd their home opener sold out for the first time since 2003

All 8,910 seats at Mohegan Sun Arena are expected to be filled for the game this week

All 8,910 seats at Mohegan Sun 円形競技場 are 推定する／予想するd to be filled for the game this week

The WNBA hopes the hype surrounding Clark will result in an uptick in viewership

The WNBA hopes the hype surrounding Clark will result in an uptick in viewership

The WNBA saw an uptick in viewership, 出席, and 約束／交戦 in 2023, all of which is 推定する／予想するd to 増加する まっただ中に the arrival of major college basketball 星／主役にするs, 含むing Clark, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso in 2024.?

It was even 報告（する）／憶測d that some of the Fever's 対抗者s have started moving their games to larger 発生地s to 融通する ticket sales まっただ中に the curiosity surrounding the Iowa alum.??

The 22-year-old, who recently 署名／調印するd a?$28m を取り引きする Nike, made her hotly-心配するd home debut in preseason last week.?

'This is a preseason game on a Thursday night and there's 13,000 people here,' she told reporters in Indiana.?

'I think that just shows you what it's going to be like for us all season. It's going to help us,' she 追加するd.

'For me, this is the best part of it. You've got to go out and compete every 選び出す／独身 night and if one night is not good for us, you have an 適切な時期 to come 支援する a couple days later and 答える／応じる … everybody's excited.'

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