Bring a WNBA expansion team to Philadelphia!

If there were to be a team name for this proposed Philadelphia team, it would be the Bell Ringers, because the Liberty Bell is located in Philadelphia.

For their home arena, it would be the 21,315 seat Wells Fargo Center in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, the same arena where the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, the NLL's Philadelphia Wings, AFL's Philadelphia Soul, and the Villanova University men's basketball team (secondary arena) and Temple University men's basketball team (secondary arena) plays at.

Many WNBA teams play at NBA arenas, so this choice would be good. It was also the former secondary home of the AHL's now defunct Philadelphia Phantoms and the MISL's now defunct Philadelphia Kixx from 1996-2009. The Phantoms then moved up to Glens Falls, NY from 2009-2014 and will be moving to Allentown, PA, this fall.

The Kixx moved to the Liacouras Center at Temple University from 2009-2011, and then became extinct in 2011.

The arena has hosted many major events, such as:

1996 World Cup of Hockey
1997 Stanley Cup Finals
1998 United States Figure Skating Championships
1998 NLL Championship
1999 AHL All-Star Classic
2000 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four
2001 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament East Regional
2001 NBA Finals
X Games VII, 2001
2002 NBA All-Star Game
X Games VIII, 2002
2005 AHL Calder Cup Finals
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 1st & 2nd rounds
U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, 2008
2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 1st & 2nd rounds
2010 Stanley Cup Finals
NCAA Men's Wrestling Championship, 2011
2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 2nd & 3rd rounds
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship, 2014
The crowds were very passionate, proud, and excited for these events, so they could be passionate, proud, and excited for this new team.

If ticket sales are poor, another option would be the 11,000 seat Liacouras Center at Temple University in North Philadelphia on the Temple University campus. It is home to the Temple University men's basketball team and the secondary homes of the Temple University women's basketball team and the Philly Roller Girls roller derby team. As mentioned above, it was the former home of the MISL's Philadelphia Kixx from 2009-2011, and then became extinct in 2011

The Liacouras Center also hosted major events, such as:

2001 U.S. Gymnastics Championships
2003 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships
2004 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship (Opening Round)
2011 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship (Regionals)
Philadelphia 76ers Home Preseason Game
2006 USA Gymnastics American Cup

As I said with the Wells Fargo Center, the crowds were very passionate, proud, and excited for these events, so they could be passionate, proud, and excited for this new team.

The next thing would be prices to see a single game and season tickets. Based on other WNBA teams, the price range would be from $11 (top level)-$250 (courtside). The fee range would be $5.30 (top level) to $13.50 (courtside). Fees are not present when using StubHub, the fan to fan ticket marketplace of the Wells Fargo Center and The Liacouras Center. Season tickets would be in the range of $198 (top level, $11 per game, 17 regular season home games total, 1 preseason home game total) to $4,500 (courtside, $250 per game, 17 regular season home games total, 1 preseason home game total).

The last thing about having this team is what time and days the team would play. The weeknight (sometimes weekend night) game times would be either 6:00 PM ET, 6:30 PM ET, 7:00 PM ET, 7:30 PM ET, or 8:00 PM ET. Weekend daytime home games would be played at noon ET, 12:30 PM ET, 1:00 PM ET, 1:30 PM ET, or 2:00 PM ET. Weekend afternoons would be at 3:30 PM ET or 4:00 PM ET. Some WNBA teams would sometimes do "School Day Games/Camp Day Games/Buisnessperson Special" on weekdays, which start at 11:00 AM ET, 11:30 AM ET, noon ET, 12:30 PM ET, or 1:00 PM ET. The networks the the games would air on be Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia and Comcast Network Philadelphia (the Sixers TV stations), while national broadcasts would be on NBA TV, ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2, as well as being streamed online at ESPN3.com. Local radio would be provided the 76ers radio station, 97.5 The Fanatic (WPEN-FM).

Let's see if we can get this team playing as early as 2016 and as late as 2017 or 2018.

However, there is another option, the Internet. You could send this to the Philadelphia 76ers and they could put a survey up on their website about the team.

There is also one more option, you could send this to the NCAA and see if they could have Temple or Villanova women's basketball team play a home game at the Wells Fargo Center and see how attendance goes there. Temple women's basketball could also play at the Liacouras Center and see how attendance goes there.