{"id":556333,"date":"2026-01-31T13:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/556333\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:15:15","slug":"unrivaled-philadelphia-sets-new-21490-fan-attendance-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/556333\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrivaled Philadelphia sets new 21,490 fan attendance record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unrivaled Philadelphia sets new 21,490 fan attendance record<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The player-led 3-on-3 women\u2019s basketball league Unrivaled<\/a> made history Friday night in Philadelphia, attracting 21,490 fans<\/a> to a sold-out doubleheader at Xfinity Mobile Arena. These were the first professional women\u2019s basketball games in the city since the 1998 Philadelphia Rage of the ABL and the highest-attended regular-season women\u2019s basketball games in U.S. history.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

The previous record for a women\u2019s professional regular-season game was 20,711, set on September 19, 2024, when the Indiana Fever faced the Washington Mystics at Capital One Arena. The crowd of 21,490 not only exceeded Xfinity Mobile Arena\u2019s previous basketball record of 21,305, set during Michael Jordan\u2019s final Chicago Bulls game on April 17, 1998, but also surpassed the arena\u2019s all-time attendance high of 21,424, established by the Backstreet Boys in 1999.<\/p>\n

Unrivaled co-founders and WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart launched the league to give WNBA players competitive opportunities during the offseason within the U.S. Previously confined to Miami, the league\u2019s second season now includes a touring model, with Philadelphia serving as the first stop. The move expands women\u2019s professional basketball to new markets, drawing significant local interest and demonstrating Philadelphia\u2019s untapped potential for the sport ahead of its WNBA expansion team debuting in 2030.<\/p>\n

The doubleheader featured two competitive contests. In the first, Phantom BC defeated Breeze BC 71-68. Kelsey Plum led the way with 22 points, and Aliyah Boston contributed 18. Local star Natasha Cloud, a Cardinal O\u2019Hara and Saint Joseph\u2019s alumna, played her first game in Philadelphia since 2015, recording two points, four assists, and two rebounds.<\/p>\n

The second game saw Lunar Owls overpower Rose BC 85-75, thanks to Marina Mabrey\u2019s historic performance. Mabrey scored 47 points on 18-of-28 shooting, including 10 3-pointers, setting new Unrivaled records for points, field goals, and three-pointers in a single game. North Philly native Kahleah Copper also impressed with 19 points for Rose BC.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Rising 24 percent year-over-year in digital viewership, surging 54 percent in merchandise sales, and generating ticket revenue from one night that equaled the league\u2019s inaugural Miami season, Unrivaled\u2019s Philadelphia stop revealed the league\u2019s growing clout. Celebrity attendance included Robin Roberts, Leslie Jones, and basketball figures such as Dawn Staley, Kyle Lowry, and Andre Drummond.<\/p>\n

Unrivaled has laid the groundwork to continue growing and bring professional women\u2019s basketball to a wider national audience.<\/p>\n

Related: WNBA player meeting set with league next week in NYC<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: CBA conversations called \u2018not constructive\u2019 by union leader<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unrivaled Philadelphia sets new 21,490 fan attendance record appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":556334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[1491,5229,156835,5336,3127,234,20022,5610,36687,21825,2336,19713,1448,2830,1311,1351,67,586,132,5230,3506,68,2969,1514,108665],"class_list":["post-556333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-aliyah-boston","tag-america","tag-andre-drummond","tag-breanna-stewart","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-indiana-fever","tag-kahleah-copper","tag-kelsey-plum","tag-kyle-lowry","tag-marina-mabrey","tag-napheesa-collier","tag-natasha-cloud","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-professional-basketball","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-unrivaled","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-washington-mystics","tag-xfinity-mobile"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115989900581048362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}