Game 6 of WNBA Finals in Atlanta awaits arena decision

By Field Level Media Oct 25 (Field Level Media) With the WNBA Finals now set to go at least six games, a venue for Game 6 in ​the series still needs to be decided. The Golden ‌State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream are tied 2-2 in the best-of-seven with Game 5 on Monday in San Francisco. The winner of that game can clinch the title in Game 6 on Thursday in Atlanta. With ‌no ​schedule change, Game 6 could end ⁠up being played at ⁠the 3,500-seat Gateway Center, which is the regular home for Dream games. But Atlanta has been playing in the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena for its playoff games and ​sold out Games 3 and 4 of the Finals at the venue. On Thursday night, the NBA s Atlanta Hawks are ⁠scheduled to face the Cleveland ⁠Cavaliers at State Farm Arena, creating a venue ​conflict. The WNBA handled arena scheduling conflicts for Games 3 and ​4 in Atlanta with schedule changes for those games. ‌Game 4 was moved to a 1 p.m. local start with the Hawks playing host to the Houston Rockets later i