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NBA All-Star 2027

Phoenix Suns to Host 2027 NBA All-Star Game

Phoenix will host the 2027 NBA All-Star Weekend, its fourth time hosting the festivities and extending the league’s West Coast swing for one of its marquee in-season events. The 76th NBA All-Star Game will take place on February 21 at Footprint Center, which this summer will host the WNBA All-Star Game. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver […]

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Indianapolis Airport All Star Weekend
The Indianapolis International Airport has a full-sized basketball court for visitors ahead of NBA All-Star Weekend. Photo courtesy Visit Indy

Indianapolis Ready for NBA All-Star Spotlight

Indianapolis’ turn on the international sports stage for the upcoming NBA All-Star Weekend is, in one way, going to be bigger and better than originally planned thanks to the pandemic. The city was scheduled to host the weekend’s festivities in 2021 before the game was postponed because of COVID-19. Because of the three-year delay, the […]

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NBA Announces Partnership with Emirates, Including Renamed In-Season Tournament

The NBA has struck a multiyear partnership deal with Emirates to become the title sponsor of the league’s in-season tournament and have its logo on referee jerseys in the NBA, WNBA and G League, as the airline will now be known as the global airlines partner of the league. The in-season tournament will be renamed […]

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NBA All-Star 2018
The last time the NBA All-Star Game took place in Los Angeles was February 18, 2018, at Staples Center. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Clippers’ Intuit Dome to Host NBA All-Star 2026 Weekend

The Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, the soon-to-be new home for the Los Angeles Clippers opening later this year, will host the 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend culminating with the 75th All-Star Game on February 15, 2026. It will mark a record seventh NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles and the first time the Intuit Dome. […]

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Rendering Courtesy Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Wizards, Capitals Plan Move to Virginia in Tenative Deal

The NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals have an agreement to move to northern Virginia as part of a mixed-use entertainment district, announced the state of Virginia and Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the two professional teams. The proposal, which needs state legislature approval, calls for the creation of a $2 billion sports […]

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Oklahoma City Voters Approve Sales Tax for $900 Million Arena to Keep Thunder Through 2050

Oklahoma City voters on Tuesday approved a 1% sales tax for six years to help fund a new downtown arena for the NBA’s Thunder that is expected to cost at least $900 million and keep the team in Oklahoma City through at least 2050. The Oklahoma State Election Board reported that 71% of the city’s […]

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2023 NBA Canada Series Includes Games in Vancouver and Montréal

The National Basketball Association has announced that the ninth NBA Canada Series presented by Bell will feature preseason games in Vancouver and Montréal in October 2023. On October 8, the Toronto Raptors will take on the Sacramento Kings at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. On October 12, Canadians Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luguentz Dort — a native […]

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