Investors led by Pistons owner Tom Gores have secured WNBA's return to Detroit with an expansion team. The Detroit Shock departed to Tulsa in 2010.

Tom Gores purchased the Pistons in 2011, and he will be among the owners of the new WNBA franchise in Detroit. The Detroit ownership group includes luminaries such as Chris Webber, Grant Hill, and Jared Goff, who will all be joining Tom Gores and his wife Holly with a stake in the franchise.

The WNBA has announced three new expansion teams coming to Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia over the next five years.