While the WNBA is getting sellout crowds for the finals between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx, the league?s owners will not be making a return on their investment for the foreseeable future, sources close to the situation said.
The NBA owns nearly 60 percent of the league.
When one combines the NBA owners personal stakes in WNBA teams and the WNBA itself, the amount rises to 75 percent, a source with direct knowledge of the numbers said.
The NBA team owners have invested hundreds of millions in the WNBA since its 1996 formation, per sources.
?The WNBA owes the NBA so much we won?t see any windfall for years, an NBA team executive told The Post.
This season the WNBA will lose $40 million, a bit better than the $50 million forecast and reported by several media outlets months ago but still a loss, sources said.
Starting in the 2026 season, the WNBA will get up to $2.2 billion over 11 years as part of the new basketball media contracts.