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Established
1999 (25 years old)

Sport
Basketball

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Mohegan Sun Arena
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Uncasville, Connecticut

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31/05	Connecticut	-	Dallas Wings		11:30pm
02/06	Atlanta Drea	-	Connecticut		7:00pm
04/06	Connecticut	-	Washington M		11:00pm
08/06	Connecticut	-	New York Lib		5:00pm
10/06	Connecticut	-	Indiana Feve		11:00pm
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28/05	Connecticut	-	Phoenix Merc
26/05	Chicago Sky	82 - 86	Connecticut
23/05	Connecticut	83 - 82	Minnesota Ly
20/05	Indiana Feve	84 - 88	Connecticut
17/05	Connecticut	84 - 77	Washington M

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The Connecticut Sun are a professional women's basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut that competes in the Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Along with the Minnesota Lynx, the club was established in 1999 as part of the league's expansion from ten to twelve teams. The Miracle, the club's previous moniker, originated that year in Orlando, Florida, as the sister team to the NBA's Orlando Magic. Financial straits left the Miracle teetering on the brink of disbanding before the Mohegan Indian tribe purchased and relocated the team to Mohegan Sun, becoming the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports franchise. The derivative of the club's name comes from its affiliation with Mohegan Sun, while the team's logo is reflective of a modern interpretation of an ancient Mohegan symbol.

Capitalizing on the popularity of women's basketball in the state, as a result of the success of the UConn Huskies, the Sun also held the distinction of being the only WNBA franchise not to share its market with an NBA team from 2003 until the Seattle SuperSonics relocated, leaving the Storm as an independent team in Seattle.

The Sun has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in eight of its fourteen years in Connecticut.

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The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of configurable exhibition space and a 400-foot (120 m) clear span. It was built by the Perini Building Company, and opened in October 2001.

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