2016 All-Star Game in Toronto?

[Rios15]

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. is eager to bring the NBA’s all-star weekend to Toronto in a few years.

“We have thrown our hat in the ring for 2016 , did a terrific presentation for the league to promote Toronto as a location, and absolutely want to host it,” MLSE chief operating officer Tom Anselmi told the Sun, confirming a report.

New Orleans will play host next year and NBA Commissioner David Stern and commish-in-waiting Adam Silver said Saturday that either Brooklyn or New York would get the 2015 weekend.

Toronto likely will face competition in the form of the Cavaliers. The franchise has interest in getting the game back for the first time since 1997, either in 2016 or 2017.

Silver said he was in Cleveland last week and said “we would love to return to Cleveland.” The 1997 game featured a presentation where 49 of the NBA’s top 50 players were celebrated.

Under previous ownership, MLSE had interest in hosting the all-star weekend, but it was believed the Air Canada Centre and the city did not have enough space to host such a large event.

Anselmi said those concerns no longer apply.

“(The) ACC is fully qualified, the Raptors are ready, the city is ready, it will be great,” he said.

The event has never been hosted outside of the United States.


http://www.torontosu...a-all-star-game

 

[Mr.Baller]

That would be DOPE and I would definitely get tickets ...
And we should have a good team by then hopefully !

 

[elcheato]

All-star weekend in Cleveland: Complain about the horrible roads, eat at pretty good restaurants all around the area and gamble.

That's about it, but at least we'll have Kyrie and LeBron in the game.

 

[Pugz]

All-star weekend in Cleveland: Complain about the horrible roads, eat at pretty good restaurants all around the area and gamble.

That's about it, but at least we'll have Kyrie and LeBron in the game.

id say yhe same about detroit but the palace is 40 minutes away from detroit lol, the roads are still bad but not as bad as detroits.

 

[JTavares91]

I would definitely love to see that happen. I would do anything to attend haha.