KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Visit KC shared Wednesday that the Minnesota Lynx will take on the Nigerian women’s national basketball team in a WNBA preseason matchup this April in Kansas City, Missouri.
The game, hosted by ProHoops Sports & Events, is set to tipoff at 7 p.m. on April 27 at the T-Mobile Center. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, per a press release from Visit KC.
“We are thrilled to be bringing the Minnesota Lynx and the WNBA to Kansas City,” Linda Hargrove, president of ProHoops Sports & Events, said in a press release. “Kansas City is an amazing sports town and has always been extremely supportive of Women’s Sports.”
The Minnesota Lynx were founded ahead of the 1999 season and have since won four WNBA Championships (2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017). The Lynx ended the 2025 season with the best league record at 34-10.
The Nigerian women’s national basketball team, the D’Tigress, is currently ranked No. 8 in the FIBA World Rankings.
In the 2024 Olympics, the team beat Australia and Canada to go to the quarterfinals, becoming the first African basketball team to make it to the quarterfinals at the Olympic Games.
This upcoming game marks the first WNBA game played in Kansas City since 2005, when the Detroit Shock topped the Minnesota Lynx in the preseason Kansas City Southern Shoot-Out.
“Kansas City is a top destination for women’s sports, and we’re ready to prove that once again this spring,” Kathy Nelson, president and CEO of the Kansas City Sports Commission and Visit KC, said in a press release. “We know this will be another incredible opportunity to elevate Kansas City, the league and the power of women’s athletics.”
In 2025, Kansas City fell short in its bid for a WNBA franchise, with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia being selected to join the league by 2030.
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