# Dream move Finals to State Farm Sports · Heat 7.3 / 10 · 10 shows · 1h 15m airtime On October 13, league sources said the Atlanta Dream would play WNBA Finals Games 3 and 4 at State Farm Arena, pushing the Hawks' home opener to 8:30. Three days later, the Dream were reported to be moving permanently into State Farm Arena next year. Game 6 had no venue as of October 26, with the Dream searching for an alternative to their 3,500-seat arena. By October 27, Game 6 was set for Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at State Farm Arena, with the Hawks-Cavaliers game moved to 8 p.m.; the WNBA said there is not enough time at night for a championship celebration. The game will air on the Sci-Fi Network. Page: https://boilpoints.com/point/dream_move_finals_to_state_farm_2271856330 ## Segments - [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-13, 13:29 to 14:20: **Breaks the Finals venue move mid-show**. Breaks the venue news mid-show: the Dream's Finals home games move to State Farm Arena, with Game 3 on Wednesday the 21st at 8 p.m. and Game 4 Saturday the 24th at 1 p.m., and the Hawks' opener pushed to 8:30. New angle: The Dream will play Finals Games 3 and 4 at State Farm Arena, pushing the Hawks' home opener to 8:30. - [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-16, 30:10 to 32:22: **Frames the venue switch as a needed fix**. Smetana frames the venue switch as a resolution the league needed, contrasting the Dream's 3,500-seat building with Golden State's 17,000 to 18,000, and adds that Atlanta moves into State Farm Arena permanently next year. She also notes Game 7 would fall on Halloween. New angle: The Dream are moving permanently into State Farm Arena next year. - [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-23, 4:44 to 9:41: **Frames the move as the WNBA's best home court**. David Dennis Jr. recounts Game 3 at State Farm Arena as the loudest he has heard the building, and frames the permanent move from the 3,500-seat arena as giving the Dream the WNBA's best home court. Reaction and atmosphere, not a new development. - [The Right Time with Bomani Jones](https://boilpoints.com/u/therighttimewithbomanijones), 2026-10-26, 38:35 to 46:22: **Reports Game 6 still has no venue**. Turns to the next scheduling squeeze: Game 6 has no venue yet, and the Dream are still hunting for a building. Frames it as success rather than incompetence, with the College Park arena, the Hawks' back-to-back and a Ramona Shelburne quote as the evidence. New angle: Game 6 of the WNBA Finals still has no venue, with the Dream searching for an alternative to their 3,500-seat arena. - [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-27, 47:22 to 53:24: **Reports Game 6 landing at State Farm Arena**. Reports the resolution of the venue search: Game 6 lands at State Farm Arena on Thursday at 12:30 p.m., with the Hawks-Cavaliers game pushed to 8 p.m. so a potential Game 7 can stay on Halloween at Chase Center. The rest is argument about the midday start and the Dream outgrowing 3,500 seats. New angle: Game 6 is set for Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at State Farm Arena, with the Hawks-Cavaliers game moved to 8 p.m. - [The Ringer WNBA Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theringerwnbashow), 2026-10-27, 53:39 to 55:31: **Sets up the scheduling failure segment**. Opens the scheduling segment by restating the 12:30 p.m. Eastern tip and framing it as a logistics failure against the league's growth, then hands off to Ramona Shelburne. Setup for the interview, not new ground. - [The Ringer WNBA Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theringerwnbashow), 2026-10-27, 55:33 to 59:37: **Explains why Friday would push Game 7**. Shelburne walks through the options the league weighed before landing on the 12:30 p.m. Game 6: a Friday game would have pushed Game 7 to Tuesday because Chase Center is booked for Warriors games Sunday and Monday. She says the issue was raised when Games 3 and 4 times were adjusted and never settled. New angle: Moving Game 6 to Friday would have pushed Game 7 to Tuesday, since Chase Center is booked Sunday and Monday. - [The Ringer WNBA Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theringerwnbashow), 2026-10-27, 59:55 to 1:03:40: **Breaks down the blame for late scheduling**. Shelburne walks through the blame pie for the last-minute Game 6 scheduling: separate Dream and Hawks ownership, a Hawks front office that tried, a Cavaliers team willing to move, and an NBA that stepped in late. She reports the push to move the Hawks-Cavs game to Friday would likely have worked had it started weeks earlier. New angle: The Hawks-Cavs game could likely have moved to Friday had the issue been raised a couple weeks earlier. - [The Ringer WNBA Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theringerwnbashow), 2026-10-27, 1:03:32 to 1:06:00: **Details the last-minute logistics of the move**. Shelburne walks through why moving the Hawks-Cavs game was so hard at the last minute - tickets, arena staffing, hotels, film rooms, an Amazon Prime broadcast - and lands on the same point already on the record: it was raised too late. - [The Ringer WNBA Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theringerwnbashow), 2026-10-27, 1:06:00 to 1:09:22: **Criticizes the league's reactive scheduling**. Criticism of the league's reactive scheduling, arguing Engelbert should have had contingency plans during the eight-day break. Stays inside the venue story already on the record, adding opinion rather than a new development. - [First Take](https://boilpoints.com/u/firsttake), 2026-10-27, 30:38 to 33:20: **Criticizes the league's planning with Shelburne's report**. Runs through the Game 6 schedule fix again - the 12:30 p.m. tip, the Hawks-Cavaliers move to 8 p.m. - and spends the rest of the segment on criticism of the league's planning, citing Shelburne's reporting that the NBA could have accommodated with a week's notice. - [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-27, 45:12 to 47:32: **Rips the 12:30 p.m. Finals start**. Rips the league for putting a potential Finals clincher at 12:30 p.m. Eastern on a weekday, arguing the commissioner's office should have planned around arena bookings and the CBA. Reaction and opinion on the schedule squeeze, not a new development in it. - [The Dan Patrick Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanpatrickshow), 2026-10-27, 0:04 to 4:55: **Recaps the arena scramble between other stories**. Recaps the Game 6 arena scramble between other stories: the 12:30 p.m. tip, the 3,500-seat Gateway Center passed over for a 17,000-seat building, and the Hawks game waiting behind it. Stays inside the schedule story, with a Shelburne line already on the record. - [The Dan Patrick Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanpatrickshow), 2026-10-27, 3:29 to 6:14: **Recaps the Game 6 venue scramble**. Recaps the Game 6 venue scramble - the 12:30 p.m. start, the 3,500-seat Gateway Center versus a 17,000-seat building, the Hawks game that night - and adds a Ramona Shelburne line about the celebration possibly moving to a practice court. Stays inside the scheduling story. - [The Pat McAfee Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thepatmcafeeshow), 2026-10-27, 3:01:04 to 3:05:55: **Rips the 12:30 p.m. Game 6 slot**. Rips the 12:30 p.m. Game 6 slot and the league's explanation that there is not enough time at night for a championship celebration, arguing a title should get more than a practice gym. The scheduling facts are already on the record; the league's stated reason is not. New angle: The WNBA said there is not enough time at night for a championship celebration. - [The Bill Simmons Podcast](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebillsimmonspodcast), 2026-10-27, 0:44 to 3:58: **Rants about the 12:30 tip in Atlanta**. Opens with a rant about Game 6 tipping at 12:30 p.m. Eastern in Atlanta, mocking the simulcast and calling it a new low for the league. It retells the scheduling mess already on the record and adds only opinion. - [The Herd with Colin Cowherd](https://boilpoints.com/u/theherdwithcolincowherd), 2026-10-28, 4:59 to 8:24: **Adds Game 6 on Sci-Fi at 12:30**. Rips the Finals scheduling again, adding that Game 6 will air on the Sci-Fi Network at 12:30 p.m. and that a Valkyries title would have to be awarded on the practice court before the Hawks game. Then pivots to the Jaylen Brown-Jayson Tatum beef. New angle: Game 6 will air on the Sci-Fi Network at 12:30 p.m. - [Pardon My Take](https://boilpoints.com/u/pardonmytake), 2026-10-28, 53:48 to 59:32: **Recaps the Game 6 scheduling mess**. Recaps the Game 6 scheduling mess - the 12:30 p.m. Thursday tip, the Hawks game later that night, the Valkyries' 9:30 a.m. body clock - and wonders why a college gym wasn't an option. Stays inside the week's coverage, with a detour into 1980s locker-room trophy ceremonies. - [The Ringer WNBA Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/theringerwnbashow), 2026-10-30, 30:29 to 33:30: **Frames the arena fiasco as a growth problem**. Auriemma and Sohi discuss the arena fiasco as a growth problem: Atlanta and New York built rosters before facilities, and the Dream likely did not anticipate the demand. Auriemma declines to assign blame. Reaction and framing, no new development. - [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-30, 12:24 to 17:39: **Recaps Game 6 from the arena angle**. Recaps Game 6 from the arena angle: the rushed practice-court trophy plan had Golden State won, the sold-out State Farm crowd, and the Dream's 3,000-seat home as the root of the scheduling mess. Stays inside the week's coverage.