Connecticut officials say they’re still fighting to keep the state’s only professional sports team in CT.

The Mohegan Tribe, which has owned the Connecticut Sun WNBA basketball team for more than twenty years, has been considering selling it. The team currently plays at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncastville.

They have two $325 million bids from groups in Boston and Hartford. However, the WNBA has the final say on the sale, and it doesn’t seem to want the team to relocate to either city.

“It's a moving situation,” Lamont said. “We're still in the game. Others are coming in with other bids now, and maybe paying an extra $100 million for transfer monies and the such. I think there are a lot of loose ends in this process right now.”

The value of the team and the league has skyrocketed in re

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