NBA moves Indianapolis' All-Star weekend to 2024

Indianapolis will host NBA All-Star weekend in 2024, league said Wednesday, formally rescheduling plans for that city to be site of league’s midseason showcase this season.

Cleveland will play host in 2022 and Salt Lake City will do so in 2023, both of those sites and years previously anunced. next open spot on league’s All-Star calendar was 2024, which w belongs to Indianapolis.

league said “public health conditions prevented Pacers, NBA All-Star Host Committee and NBA from appropriately planning and executing fan-focused All-Star activities in Indianapolis that were envisioned for this February.”

new dates for Indianapolis’ All-Star weekend: Feb. 16-18, 2024.

“While we are disappointed that NBA All-Star Game will t take place in Indianapolis in 2021, we are looking forward to Pacers and city hosting game and surrounding events in 2024,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said.

news had been expected for months. league released hotel blocks for what would have been 2021 All-Star weekend back in August and is in process of finalizing a schedule for this season — which begins Dec. 22.

league said it is planning to revise this season’s All-Star nda, with those plans still to be anunced.

Im credits: AP