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WNBA adjusts Finals schedule, moves Dream home games to State Farm Arena

Just five days before Game 1 of the Finals tips off in California, this championship series looks like it has found a fitting home after all.

By Nicholas Boonstra · Yard Barker

Published: Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at 6:05 PM

Key Things to Know

The WNBA has moved Atlanta Dream home Finals games to State Farm Arena, expanding capacity to 17,044.
Game 3 was moved up to Oct. 21 to avoid an existing arena concert booking.
Game 4 on Oct. 24 will be part of a doubleheader preceding the Atlanta Hawks' regular-season opener.

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The WNBA has adjusted its Finals schedule, moving the Atlanta Dream's home games against the Golden State Valkyries from Gateway Center Arena to State Farm Arena. The venue change increases capacity from 3,500 to 17,044 seats for Games 3 and 4 as Atlanta competes in its first Finals since 2013.

To accommodate the switch, Game 3 was moved to Oct. 21, while Game 4 on Oct. 24 will tip off at 1 p.m. ET as part of a doubleheader ahead of the Atlanta Hawks' season opener against the Houston Rockets.

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