The Bhathal family, which owns the Thorns and the new WNBA expansion team in Portland, plans to spend $150 million or more on a dual-team campus.

Lake Oswego track and field coach John Parks previously made headlines when he sent an email to the OSAA arguing that trans athletes should be placed in their own category. Three Oregon friends hopped in a truck Tuesday morning for a surf outing in Pacific City, but little did they know it was a snow day.

The first-of-its-kind women's sports facility would serve both the Portland Thorns FC and Portland's new WNBA franchise with a 12-acre performance center.

The Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League and the city's as-yet unnamed WNBA team will train together at a new performance center in a first-of-its-kind alliance between the two leagues.

The Portland Thorns and the city's incoming WNBA franchise unveiled plans on Thursday to build a first-of-its kind two-sport performance center that will house both teams.

The Portland Thorns and future Portland WNBA team have a new home.

The project comes a little over one year after the Bhathal family, who are also investors in the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, completed its $ 63-million acquisition of the Thorns. In September, the family was a warded the WNBA’s 15th franchise, which has sold more than 8,000 season tickets before announcing its name.

A state-of-the-art facility and a first-of-its-kind, the Thorns and Portland's future WNBA team are expected to open a joint practice facility by early 2026, owners and operators RAJ Sports announced Thursday.