The Cavaliers will host the 2022 NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland, league sources tell ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. Kevin Kleps of Crain’s Cleveland Business first reported that an upcoming All-Star Game will be played at Quicken Loans Arena, adding that an official NBA announcement could happen as soon as this Thursday.
Cleveland had been a candidate to host the league’s 2021 All-Star weekend, but renovations on Quicken Loans Arena ran into some roadblocks, resulting in a delay. With a deal for those renovations now completed and construction underway, the league appears comfortable committing to the Cavs for the 2022 event. As Kleps notes, the arena renovations are expected to be completed before the start of the 2019/20 season.
The NBA All-Star Game hasn’t taken place in Cleveland since 1997, back when the Cavs’ building was known as the Gund Arena.
The next three NBA All-Star Games are set to take place in Charlotte (2019), Chicago (2020), and Indianapolis (2021).
Only way to bring all-stars back to Cleveland
Haha
That hurts but you’re right
What’s with the Eastern Conference theme here…?
The Miami Heat haven’t hosted the AS game since 1990!!! They built (with fan support) one of, if not the best Arena’s in the NBA almost 20 years ago now… other cities have hosted the game 2-3 times since 1990. This is extreme anti Miami bias.
Well, the entire USA besides your city hated your team when they were at their best. So that was a factor.