CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky’s highly anticipated practice facility has been delayed again—and it will not be ready during the 2026 season.
Sky GM Jeff Pagliocca told reporters Friday at Wintrust Arena that the franchise has decided not to move into their Bedford Park, Illinois, practice facility during the 2026 season. He said the facility will only be partially completed by the end of the season, and decided that they would not want the team to start practicing while construction was ongoing.
He also said that majority of the team’s practices for the rest of the season will be held at Wintrust, where the Sky play home games.
“We have made a decision that we will remain at Wintrust to practice for the rest of the season,” Pagliocca told reporters, including Front Office Sports. “We met with the team. There’s value in practicing where you play. And without the facility being at a 100% completion, I feel like it’s best to make sure when we go in, we go in giving them the experience that we wanted them to have from Day 1.”
Pagliocca said he expects the facility to be fully complete in November in time for the 2027 season. It had originally been slated for completion by December 2025.
