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Atlanta Dream Locks State Farm Arena for Game 6

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Atlanta Dream secured State Farm Arena for Game 6 of the 2026 WNBA Finals.
Tipoff moved to 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday, October 29, from an 8 p.m. start.
The game sold out, with 10,000 tickets sold in the first 90 minutes.
Atlanta trails 3-2, needing a win to force Game 7 on Oct. 31 in Golden State.
The Hawks-Cavaliers game shifted 30 minutes, prompting Dream owners to dislike the midday start.

History

Atlanta’s 1996 Summer Olympics relied on existing sites such as the Omni Coliseum—built in 1972 and used for volleyball—while 75 % of the 29 venues were state-owned. After the Omni’s implosion in 1997, Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena) opened on its footprint in 1999. The same scheduling strains reappear today, as the Atlanta Dream’s Game 6 sold 10,000 tickets in 90 minutes.

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Atlanta’s 1996 Summer Olympics relied on existing sites such as the Omni Coliseum—built in 1972 and used for volleyball—while 75 % of the 29 venues were state-owned. After the Omni’s implosion in 1997, Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena) opened on its footprint in 1999. The same scheduling strains reappear today, as the Atlanta Dream’s Game 6 sold 10,000 tickets in 90 minutes.

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