Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert plans to pursue a new WNBA team, his holding company Rock Entertainment Group said on Wednesday, hoping to bring women's basketball back to Cleveland more than 20 years after the city's previous team folded.

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert are backing a formal bid for a WNBA expansion team in the land, per CNBC. If successful, it would be Cleveland's first professional women’s basketball team since the Rockers in 2003.

Nearly a quarter-century after losing its first WNBA team, Cleveland wants another shot at hosting one. A group based in the city led by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert plans to submit a proposal for a WNBA expansion team,