The Golden State Warriors’ new San-Francisco-based arena, Chase Center, is scheduled to open in 2019. The Warriors are hoping to host an All-Star Game in their new stadium as early as 2021, and have submitted a bid to do so, reports Chris Haynes and Marc J. Spears of ESPN:
The team has submitted a bid to host the NBA All-Star Game, league sources tell ESPN.
The bid submission year is murky. However, league sources say the earliest it would be is for 2021.
The 2018 All-Star Game will be held in Los Angeles, and the 2019 game will be in Charlotte.
Cleveland, Milwaukee, Orlando, Detroit and Houston placed bids for 2020 or 2021, say Haynes and Spears, while Indiana is bidding for 2021. Portland was denied bids for either year due to lack of hotels.
The Warriors last hosted the All-Star game in 2000.
San Francisco would be a logical choice to host All-Star Weekend in 2021. The city is big enough to support it, the Warriors are the best team in basketball by a mile (which admittedly could change at some point in the next three years).
Plus, the Chase Arena really does look awesome. It’s a state-of-the-art facility with 18,000 seats and a public plaza.
