2028 · CLEVELAND, OHIO

CLEVELAND SIRENS

A familiar WNBA city gets an entirely new voice. Lake Erie, mythology, movement and sound shape the identity of the W's next team.

Expansion Watch2028 Tip-offRocket ArenaRock Entertainment Group
Cleveland Sirens custom city team card
IDENTITY REVEALED

HEAR THE CALL.

The Sirens brand gives Cleveland a WNBA identity that can stand apart from the Cavaliers while still connecting to the city's lakefront and women's basketball history.

TIP-OFF2028
HOMERocket Arena
OWNERSHIPRock Entertainment Group
PREVIOUS WNBA CITY HISTORYCleveland Rockers · 1997–2003

NAME + LOGO + IDENTITY

Why Sirens works.

This isn't a Rockers reboot. The identity pulls from Lake Erie and the mythic idea of an unmistakable call — a visual and verbal language built around water, movement, sound and feminine power.

SIRENS
1
Lake Erie

Two blue tones connect the identity to Cleveland's lakefront; the lighter blue also nods to the old Rockers era.

2
Five in the flow

The Siren's flowing-hair details reference both the five Great Lakes and the five positions on a basketball team.

3
Sound waves

Curves and swashes around the figure are designed to feel like the call reverberating outward.

4
A brand with its own lane

Water and mythology give the team a world the Cavaliers do not already own.

Logo/identity reference: SportsLogos.Net visual reference ↗

THEN → NOW

Cleveland's WNBA story has two chapters.

1997–2003

Cleveland Rockers

The Rockers were one of the WNBA's original eight franchises. Their history belongs to Cleveland, but the Sirens arrive as a new franchise rather than a renamed continuation.

Original WNBA cityLight-blue visual lineageWomen's basketball roots
2028–

Cleveland Sirens

A new ownership era, new mythology and a modern identity built for the league's expansion boom.

Rocket ArenaLake Erie identityHear the Call

ROAD TO OPENING NIGHT

Building toward 2028.

2025FRANCHISE AWARDEDCleveland returns to the expansion map
2026FORMAL APPROVALWNBA + NBA governors approve team
2026IDENTITYCleveland Sirens revealed
2027BUILDOUTFront office, staff, operations
2028OPENING NIGHTThe call becomes a game
Official franchise timeline: WNBA expansion announcement ↗