The 2021 NBA All-Star Weekend hotel contracts in Indianapolis are reported to have been canceled. Anthony Calhoun from WISH-TV in Indianapolis reported the news of the hotel cancellations, the most concrete report so far regarding the postponing of All-Star Weekend.
BREAKING: Sources confirm to me #NBA has canceled hotel contracts in Indy for All Star Weekend in February 2021, meaning game unlikely to happen as originally scheduled. @WISH_TV
— Anthony Calhoun ? (@ACwishtv) August 17, 2020
Following Calhoun’s report, a spokesperson for the NBA gave the following statement, casting further doubt about All-Star Weekend taking place as scheduled in Indianapolis.
BREAKING: more on 2021 #NBA All-Star Game in Indy. Statement now from NBA Spokesperson: @WISH_TV pic.twitter.com/xf7apl5Bgv
— Anthony Calhoun ? (@ACwishtv) August 17, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has up-ended the NBA’s schedule, resulting in a hiatus of over four months. The NBA’s schedule moving forward has the Finals taking place in October, around the time that the new season typically tips-off.
With the NBA schedule set to take place over a different span of dates next season and given how unlikely it is that fans will be in attendance, the league exploring new options for the 2021 iteration of All-Star Weekend was inevitable. Further, more concrete news is sure to follow as we approach the end of the current season.
