LOS ANGELES—Caitlin Clark’s first WNBA game in Los Angeles is being moved to a bigger stage.
The Los Angeles Sparks announced Tuesday that their home game against Clark and the Indiana Fever on May 24 is being moved from Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State to the team’s usual home, Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.
Clark, the former University of Iowa star who set the NCAA scoring record this past season, was the No. 1 overall selection in this year’s WNBA draft.
Two other Sparks home games—May 26 against the Dallas Wings and June 5 against the Minnesota Lynx—are also being moved to Crypto.com Arena.
The Los Angeles facility seats 19,067 for basketball games. Walter Pyramid seats 5,000. The games were originally moved to Long Beach because of construction at Crypto.com Arena.
“Women’s basketball is experiencing unprecedented viewership and attendance numbers, so moving these games back to Crypto.com Arena provides us the ability to have more fans in the stands and have our players back to competing on their home floor,” Sparks President Christine Monjer said.
The Sparks will still open the season on May 15 against the Atlanta Dream and play the Washington Mystics on May 21 in Long Beach.
