After the Chicago Bulls were selected as the host of the 2020 NBA All-Star Game and the Indiana Pacers selected as for the 2021 All-Star Game, a Central Division team will again host the NBA’s All-Star Weekend. The Cleveland Cavaliers have reportedly been selected to host for the 2021-22 season, according to Kevin Kleps of Crain’s Cleveland Business:
Multiple sources have told Crain’s that the NBA and the Cleveland Cavaliers soon will announce that Quicken Loans Arena will host the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. The announcement, sources said, could occur as soon as Thursday, Nov. 1.
In December 2016, when The Q’s transformation plan was first unveiled, the league said it looked forward to hosting its “week of NBA All-Star events in Cleveland in the near future.” The announcement, the league said, would be contingent upon the completion of The Q’s renovation project.
Construction on the arena — after quite a few twists and turns, which included a debate over the financing of the project — started on Sept. 14, 2017, beating the NBA’s deadline by a day. But the major work didn’t begin until June, after the Cavs’ fourth consecutive run to the NBA Finals. The project has since increased to $185 million, $115 million of which will be funded by the Cavs, and is scheduled to be completed prior to the 2019-20 NBA season.
The Cavaliers will be set to host the mid-season festivities after a nearly $200 million arena renovation project on Quicken Loans Arena is completed prior to the tipoff of the 2019-20 campaign.
