The Liberty announced on Thursday that they would play their home games next season at Barclays Center, the Brooklyn arena that also houses the N.B.A.’s Nets. The arena was recently purchased by Joe Tsai, the teams’ primary owner.

The announcement came a day after the W.N.B.A. team made another big change. On Wednesday, the team said it would not renew the contract of its head coach, Katie Smith, 45, who was elevated to the position in 2018 after serving as an assistant and associate head coach since 2014. The team was 10-24 this year, after a 7-27 record in her first season as head coach.

Barclays will be a huge upgrade for the Liberty. The team played the past two seasons at the Westchester County Center, where capacity was around 2,000.