Atlanta Dream announce 2025 season schedule

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Atlanta Dream on Monday announced the 2025 season schedule.

The Dream will start their 18th season on the road against the Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever before welcoming the Fever, and 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark, to Atlanta for the home opener on May 22nd.

The new-look Dream will feature a new coach in Karl Smesko. He is one of the winningest coaches in women’s college basketball.

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The Dream return two WNBA All-Stars, Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray, as well as a young core of talent that is looking to build off the last two postseason berths.

In 2024, the Dream became only the second team in WNBA history to sell out all 20 home games, including two games of more than 17,000 fans in State Farm Arena. It was the second consecutive year that the team led the league in sellouts.

“I’ve been energized by the incredible passion of Dream players and fans since being announced as coach of this team,” said Smesko. “The way this community has embraced the Dream is one of the reasons I was eager to take this role and I can’t wait to step onto the court alongside this team in front of a sold-out arena.”

The 2025 WNBA regular season expands to a 44-game format with the addition of the league’s 13th franchise, the Golden State Valkyries, who will visit Atlanta twice during their inaugural season. The Dream will host defending WNBA champions New York Liberty on June 29th and August 23rd.

The Dream will play 15 of their 22 home games between Thursday and Sunday, with their longest homestands being four games each, taking place in June and August.

The Atlanta Dream are currently scheduled to play all home games in Gateway Center Arena in 2025.

You can see the entire schedule on www.AtlantaDream.com. Season tickets are expected to be sold out within the next few weeks, the team said, so fans are encouraged to sign up now for the Dream Elite Priority Waiting List, as it is the only way to purchase season tickets for 2025.

The team said that fans will also be given the option to gain early access to tickets for the biggest games in 2025 by signing up for the single game presale. The Dream sold out all 20 of their regular season home games in 2024, so these two lists are the best opportunities to get the tickets fans want.

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The Atlanta Dream, a partner of Atlanta News First, Peachtree Sports Network and PeachtreeTV contributed to this report.

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