The news was anticipated by the AP Agency: Pagliuca has reached the agreement to purchase the Connecticut Sun. The group that belongs to the patron of the Bergamo club will penalize around 280 million euros, the franchise will be moved to Boston in 2027
Steve Pagliuca, owner of Atalanta and minority partner of the Boston Celtics, has reached an agreement to acquire the Connecticut Sun, Wnba franchise, the American basketball women’s championship. The purchase, by a group led by Pagliuca, will take place for 325 million dollars, about 280 million euros, record figure for the Wnba championship. The AP news agency writes it, which cites an anonymous source inside the Pagliuca family. The team, in the intentions of the American entrepreneur of Italian origins, will be moved to Boston, even if not before 2027: he currently is based in Uncasville (Connecticut), a town of 20 thousand inhabitants who are about 170 km southwest of the capital of Massachusetts.
New plant in Boston
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The investment will not be limited only to the acquisition of the team. Also according to the source of the AP, Pagliuca would spend another 100 million dollars (just under 90 million euros) for a new training system available to the team in Boston. Reached the purchase agreement, now only the ok of the League that manages the Wnba is missing.