{"id":867492,"date":"2026-10-25T14:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T14:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/867492\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T14:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T14:57:18","slug":"wnba-finals-hit-another-scheduling-snag-as-atlanta-dream-face-arena-conflict-for-game-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/867492\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Finals hit another scheduling snag as Atlanta Dream face arena conflict for Game 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The WNBA has a date<\/a> and time for Game 6 of the Finals. There’s just one small problem: It doesn’t have a place to play it.<\/p>\n

The Atlanta Dream<\/a> and Golden State Valkyries are tied 2-2 in the best-of-seven series after Golden State’s 67-62 victory Saturday. That guarantees a Game 6 in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 29, but the league is once again scrambling to figure out where to host it.<\/p>\n

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That’s because the Atlanta Hawks are scheduled to host the Cleveland Cavaliers at State Farm Arena at 7 p.m. Thursday \u2014 exactly one hour before the Dream and Valkyries are supposed to tip off.<\/p>\n

\"Angel <\/p>\n

Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese runs off the court before Game 4 of the 2026 WNBA Finals against the Golden State Valkyries at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 24, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)<\/p>\n

So unless someone has figured out how to squeeze two professional basketball games onto the same court at the same time, something\u2019s got to give.<\/p>\n

The Dream normally play<\/a> at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, which seats just 3,500 fans. But Atlanta moved its home playoff games to the much larger State Farm Arena, which holds about 17,000.<\/p>\n

The move has paid off, with the Dream drawing sellout crowds during the Finals. Getting those games played, though, has required some scheduling gymnastics.<\/p>\n

\"Gabby <\/p>\n

Gabby Williams of the Golden State Valkyries looks to shoot against Naz Hillmon and Angel Reese of the Atlanta Dream during Game 4 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Game 3 was moved from Thursday, Oct. 22, to Wednesday, Oct. 21, to avoid a concert conflict. Game 4 was moved to an earlier afternoon tipoff Saturday to accommodate the Hawks’ home opener against the Houston Rockets that evening.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Thursday’s conflict isn’t quite so easy to solve.<\/p>\n

According to The Athletic<\/a>, one possibility is moving the Hawks-Cavaliers game to Friday. But that would create a Friday-Saturday back-to-back for both NBA teams and put the rescheduled matchup on the opening night of NBA Cup group play.<\/p>\n

Another option would be sending the Dream back to their much smaller regular-season home, although that would mean turning away thousands of potential fans for a championship game.<\/p>\n

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Other Atlanta-area venues could also be considered, including Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion and the Georgia State Convocation Center, according to CBS Sports.<\/p>\n

Dream star Angel Reese, meanwhile, made it clear she’d prefer to stay at State Farm Arena.<\/p>\n

“The fan support here has been amazing, and we appreciate the love and support,” Reese said after<\/a> Saturday’s loss.<\/p>\n

\"Angel <\/p>\n

Angel Reese #5 of the Atlanta Dream looks on before Game 3 of the 2026 WNBA Finals against the Golden State Valkyries on Oct. 21, 2026, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga. (NBAE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Dream have already announced plans to move into State Farm Arena full-time beginning with the 2027 season, which should make these scheduling headaches easier to avoid in the future.<\/p>\n

But that doesn’t help them this week.<\/p>\n

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Game 5 is scheduled for Monday night in San Francisco. Game 6 will be Thursday in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Somewhere in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Amber Harding is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA has a date and time for Game 6 of the Finals. There’s just one small problem:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,7689,208,3874,7,212,4705,677,6,89434,458],"class_list":["post-867492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-hawks","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-dream","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-atlantahawks","tag-basketball","tag-betting","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-hawks","tag-nba","tag-outkick-sports","tag-wnba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117502138705729742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}