It will be another year before we get to watch the Golden State Valkyries play their first basketball game. But it’s abundantly apparently that the Bay Area’s newest sports team is already a hit with the fans.
When the Golden State Warriors ownership group revealed in October that they had been awarded an expansion WNBA team, the then-unnamed squad received thousands of deposits for season tickets. And now, a few days after announcing that the team will be named the Valkyries — and unveiling the logo and color scheme — that number has surged further.