Connecticut Sun sell out Boston's TD Garden for biggest crowd in franchise history

The Connecticut Sun are playing a historic matchup in Boston's TD Garden on Tuesday. Days ahead of the game, where the Sun will take on the Los Angeles Sparks, the matchup has officially sold out, the team announced Friday.

According to a statement, the Sun sold 19,156 tickets to fill up TD Garden, the home of the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins. As a result, the Sun will take on the Sparks in front of the largest crowd in franchise history.

In a massive year of growth for the WNBA, more games have been sellouts; per the WNBA, more than half of WNBA games this season have sold out.

The Sun, who have the second-best record in the league, have had six sellouts so far this season. Tuesday's game will be the third-highest attended game this season.

The Sun typically play in Mohegan Sun Arena, which has a capacity of 10,000. The team is one of few that does not have an NBA counterpart, and one of only two — along with the Las Vegas Aces — that doesn't share its arena with another team.

Connecticut announced the Boston game in December as part of releasing its regular-season schedule, with the organization citing a desire to reach fans in the wider New England area.

Although the move was pre-planned, the Sun are not the first to move a game to a bigger arena during the regular season. In May, the Atlanta Dream announced that the club would hold both of its home games against the Indiana Fever in State Farm Arena, the 16,888-seat home of the Atlanta Hawks. The first of those games took place on June 21, with the second coming Aug. 26.

The Washington Mystics also had to relocate a June 7 matchup against the Fever in order to accommodate the influx of (mostly Caitlin Clark-crazed) fans. The Mystics, who typically play in the 4,200-capacity Entertainment and Sports Arena, moved the game against the Fever to Capital One Arena, home of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals with a capacity of 20,356.