The NBA All-Megastar party is headed for Phoenix in 2027, the league introduced on Thursday.
Footprint Heart, house of the Phoenix Suns, will play host to the All-Megastar Recreation on Sunday, February 21, 2027, Phoenix’s fourth time internet hosting the development (1975, 1995 and 2009).
“Our NBA All-Megastar festivities in 2027 will show off Phoenix’s love of the whole thing basketball,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver stated Thursday, joined by way of Suns managing spouse Mat Ishbia and others throughout a information convention in Phoenix.
“And we couldn’t be extra excited to paintings with Mat Ishbia and all of the Suns group for what guarantees to be an unforgettable party of our recreation.”
The layout is deliberate to resemble the 2024 model, starting Friday, Feb. 19, 2027, at Footprint Heart with first-year and second-year gamers taking part within the NBA Emerging Stars festival.
Day after today is capped by way of the All-Megastar Saturday Evening occasions that includes the Kia Abilities Problem, the STARRY 3-Level Problem and AT&T Slam Dunk.
The 76th All-Megastar Recreation is ready for Sunday, Feb. 21.
“Phoenix is without equal basketball vacation spot and we’re excited for fanatics from all over the world to revel in our wonderful town,” Ishbia stated. “We can supply an NBA All-Megastar Weekend not like another, showcasing the eagerness of our fanatics, our town and the whole thing that we’re development right here.”
The NBA additionally will provide fan-friendly occasions, together with the All-Megastar practices and superstar sport, at a number of websites in Phoenix.
An All-Megastar fan fest will run during the weekend with leisure and get right of entry to to NBA luminaries and celebrities.
Phoenix is also internet hosting this season’s WNBA All-Megastar festivities.
The closing time the NBA All-Megastar Recreation used to be in Phoenix, 2009, the Suns’ Shaquille O’Neal (17 issues in 11 mins) performed with the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (27 issues), sharing the MVP award.
The Western Convention gained 146-119 to cap a weekend that noticed Oklahoma Town Thunder teen Kevin Durant, now with the Suns, rating 46 issues within the Emerging Stars tournament.
