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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1:26PM
Golden State Valkyries President Jess Smith announced the sanction and logo of the WNBA's newest enlargement squad connected ABC's Good Morning America Tuesday morning.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The highly-anticipated Golden State WNBA squad has officially released its logo and announced that it volition beryllium called the "Valkyries."
Team President Jess Smith made the announcement connected ABC's Good Morning America Tuesday morning.
The league's archetypal enlargement squad since 2008 is acceptable to commencement playing successful the 2025 WNBA season.
The squad explains successful a quality release, Valkyries originates from Norse mythology.
"Valkyries are a big of warrior women who are fearless and unwavering - flying done aerial and oversea alike. This marque is Golden State's modern mentation of a Valkyrie: strong, bold, and fierce," the property merchandise said. The Valkyries logo is purple and black.
The newly-named Golden State Valkyries franchise is simply a concern with the Golden State Warriors. Games volition beryllium played astatine Chase Center. However, the squad volition bid successful Oakland, wherever the Warriors practiced until 2019. The squad logo includes an representation of the Bay Bridge, emphasizing the transportation betwixt San Francisco and Oakland for this caller team.
The Warriors Senior Vice President of Marketing Amanda Chin notes Bay Area hoops fans were tapped to nonstop suggestions for the caller squad sanction done surveys and societal media. Chin says Valkyries showed up successful results often.
Fans volition beryllium capable to observe the motorboat of the caller squad with a Valkyries Block Party astatine Thrive City astatine Chase Center connected Saturday May 18 from 2-6 p.m. Kehlani and E-40 are among the section artists who volition perform.
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On May 6, 2024, the Golden State WNBA franchise announced Ohemaa Nyanin arsenic wide manager. She started successful her caller relation connected Monday, May 13, 2024. Nyanin comes to the Valkyries aft 5 years moving successful the beforehand bureau for the New York Liberty, astir precocious arsenic adjunct wide manager.
She is joining Smith successful starring the Valkyries organization. Smith was antecedently an enforcement for the NWSL's Angel City FC.
Fans who privation to beryllium play summons holders tin spot a deposit astatine valkyries.com.
Merchandise is disposable astatine shop.valkyries.com.
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