The WNBA lost 10 million last year even after the NBA gave the league 12.5 million. The NBA made 8 billion last year. The average attendance at a WNBA game is 2

The WNBA lost 10 million last year even after the NBA gave the league 12.5 million. The NBA made 8 billion last year. The average attendance at a WNBA game is 2500. Attendance at an NBA game is generally limited to how many seats the arena has. ESPN bumped one night of the WNBA finals to ESPN2 to air an NBA preseason game because the ratings would be higher. The WNBA will play 36 regular season games this year, the highest it's ever been. The NBA plays 82 regular season games. No WNBA team has ever turned a profit in the leagues history.