San Francisco to host 2025 NBA All-Star game
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver (centre) and San Francisco Mayor London Breed (second from right) with (from left) Golden State Warriors co-executive chairman and CEO Joe Lacob, co-executive chairman Peter Guber, and CEO Brandon Schneider.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The 2025 National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star game will be held at the Golden State Warriors’ Chase Centre home in San Francisco, the league announced on Monday.
The 74th edition of the mid-season showpiece will be held on February 16, 2025, NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed in a statement.
“We are thrilled to host our NBA All-Star festivities in the San Francisco Bay Area, where there is a long and storied history of basketball,” said Silver.
The NBA All-Star on-court events will tip off on February 14 with a game between rookies and second-year NBA players.
This season’s All-Star game is being held on February at Indianapolis, the first time the city has hosted the event since 1985.
The 2024 All-Star game is returning to the traditional Eastern Conference versus Western Conference format, raising the prospect of LeBron James and French prodigy Victor Wembanyama playing on the same side. AFP
