For the first time since 2008, the WNBA has welcomed an expansion team to the league. The 2025 season will mark the first time a WNBA team can call the Bay Area its home with the addition of the Golden State Valkyries.

Fans were allowed in at 5:30, and Brie Reddick of San Bruno, adorned in her own Valkyries T-shirt, was among the first to absorb the scene and has been waiting for a Bay Area franchise since the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA folded following the 2009 season after playing two years.