Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream
2024 Atlanta Dream season
Atlanta Dream logo
ConferenceEastern
LeaguesWNBA
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)[1]
HistoryAtlanta Dream
2008–present
ArenaGateway Center Arena
LocationCollege Park, Georgia
Team colorsRed, dark grey, light grey, light blue, white[2][3]
         
Main sponsorEmory Healthcare[4]
General managerDan Padover
Head coachKarl Smesko
Assistant(s)Vickie Johnson
Paul Goriss
Barbara Turner
OwnershipLarry Gottesdiener
Suzanne Abair
Renee Montgomery[5]
Championships0
Conference titles3 (2010, 2011, 2013)
Websitedream.wnba.com
Heroine jersey
Team colours
Heroine
Explorer jersey
Team colours
Explorer
Rebel jersey
Team colours
Rebel

The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded for the 2008 WNBA season. The team is owned by real estate investors Larry Gottesdiener, Suzanne Abair, and former Dream player Renee Montgomery. Although the Dream share the Atlanta market with the National Basketball Association's Hawks, the Dream is not affiliated with its NBA counterpart. The Dream play at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.

The Dream has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in eight of its thirteen years in Atlanta and has reached the WNBA Finals three times. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as University of Louisville standouts Angel McCoughtry and Shoni Schimmel, former Finals MVP Betty Lennox, and Brazilian sharpshooter Izi Castro Marques. In 2010, the Dream went to the WNBA Finals but fell short to Seattle. They lost to the Minnesota Lynx in the 2011 and 2013 WNBA Finals.

  1. ^ "Key Dates–Dream History" (PDF). 2019 Atlanta Dream Media Guide. WNBA Properties, Inc. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Atlanta Dream Unveil Bold New Brand". Dream.WNBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "Atlanta Dream Reproduction Guideline Sheet". WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "WNBA's Atlanta Dream Announces Emory Healthcare as Franchise's First-Ever Marquee Jersey Partner". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "WNBA's Atlanta Dream Sold to Investor Group Including Renee Montgomery". Sports Illustrated. February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.