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Seattle Storm finds new practice facility at SPU

December 8th, 2009 · 11 Comments

Seattle Storm has found a new practice facility at Queen Anne’s own Seattle Pacific University, according to the Seattle Times . Since the Sonics organization added the WNBA Storm in 2000, they have practiced at The Furtado Center across the street from the Seattle Center. In 2005 that site was bought by the city for the new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters. Storm’s access to the facility was supposed to continue until 2010, as long as the Sonics continued to play at KeyArena. But after the Sonics were relocated to Oklahoma City and Storm was sold by the owners, the women’s basketball team had to find a new facility to practice in, SPU’s Royal Brougham Pavilion.

The deal with SPU includes a “new, professional-length court installed at the lower level of the Pavilion on Nickerson St.” the Times said. As for the Pavilion’s upper level courts, Storm will share them with SPU classes and teams. From May to September, while the university is on summer break, Storm will be the primary user. In addition, most of the material in Storm’s old practice facility has been re-purposed and reused at the new location, thanks to the joint efforts of the team and the Gates Foundation.



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