Houston Comets Return in 2027 as the Sun Move South

The most decorated name in early WNBA history is coming back. The Connecticut Sun played their final game on September 24, 2026, and when the franchise tips off in 2027 it will do so at Houston's Toyota Center as the Comets — the same name that won the league's first four championships from 1997 to 2000.

The original Comets folded in December 2008, and for nearly two decades the name sat in the league's attic. The revival started on March 27, 2026, when ESPN and the Associated Press reported that the Fertitta family — owners of the NBA's Houston Rockets — had agreed to buy the Sun and move them to Houston. On May 13, the WNBA and NBA Boards of Governors approved the deal unanimously.

The organization is already staffed. Jennifer Rizzotti is team president, Morgan Tuck is general manager and Rachid Meziane is head coach, all carrying over from Connecticut. The team's history follows the franchise, which means Houston inherits a record that runs from Orlando in 1999 through 24 seasons in Connecticut — and now circles back to the city where the league's first dynasty played.

The rollout has been deliberate. On October 22 the team announced its games will air on KHOU and KTBU starting in 2027, with simulcasts on Space City Home Network. On October 29 it revealed a new logo, similar by design to the original — a nod that this is a restoration, not a reboot.

Two numbers wait above the court. Houston's retired jerseys include Kim Perrot's No. 10 and Cynthia Cooper's No. 14, from the teams that turned the Comets into the WNBA's first standard. Cooper's squads didn't just win the league's first four titles; they defined what a champion looked like before anyone else had the template.

What Houston inherits is a strange inheritance: the league's oldest remaining franchise, and the one with the longest title drought. The Sun reached the playoffs in 15 of their 21 seasons in Connecticut and made two Finals runs in the mid-2000s, yet they remain the oldest franchise in the league without a championship. The Comets' name carries four banners. The roster that inherits it has none — and gets to chase the fifth in the city that hung the first four.

Houston enters the league's expansion-era map alongside Portland and Toronto, and all three will be in Sunday's draft lottery. The Comets don't need to introduce themselves to Houston. They need to convince a city that remembers four straight championships that the name still means something. That's a higher bar than most new teams ever face — and exactly the right one.