Editing Houston Comets (section)

===New ownership and a new home (2007)===
On January 31, 2007, the WNBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the team to [[Hilton Koch]], a Houston-based [[mattress]] and [[furniture]] businessman.  Two weeks later, Comets assistant coach Karleen Thompson was named to become the team's new head coach and general manager for the 2007 season.

For the 2007 season, they would miss the playoffs for the second time in franchise history after starting the season 0–10, resulting in a 13–21 record.

On December 12, 2007, team owner Hilton Koch announced that the Comets would be moving from the [[Toyota Center (Houston)|Toyota Center]] to [[Reliant Arena]] for the 2008 WNBA season.<ref name ="Comets changing homes next year">[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/5374378.html Comets moving to Reliant] from ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''</ref> This resulted in a loss of fans. The Toyota Center drew 13,000 fans, but the Reliant Arena could only house 7,200. In 2008, the Comets' final year, they only drew an average 6,000 fans per game and sold out four games.<ref name="dial">Dial, Jenny. ''The Houston Chronicle''. "WNBA TO SHUT DOWN COMETS :DISPERSAL DRAFT PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK." ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' 2  Dec. 2008, E.2.</ref>