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NBA: Everything you need to know about NBA All-Star 2021, rescheduled date and location

TheNBA All-Star 2021 Game was supposed to be played in February 2021. However, the coronavirus has forced the orginal plansto be scraped. Find out all you need to know about theNBA All-Star 2021, its new date,and location.

The NBA All-Star Game, organized every February by the National Basketball Association, is a basketball exhibition match featuring a selection of 24 star players. This is the featured NBA All-Star Weekend event that runs from Friday to Sunday and takes place over three days. OnMarch2 1951, the first all-star game was played at theBoston Garden in Boston.

A jury of supporters, players and media ballots will decide the starting line-up of each team and head coaches will pick the backups, seven players from their leagues, and 12 men on each side. Coaches will not vote on their players themselves. The NBA commissioner picks a substitute if the chosen player cannot perform because of injury.

The 2021NBA All-Star Gameis scheduledto be played at Indiana Pacers’venue the Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The last time a game was played in Indianapolis in 1985, at the RCA Dome; it will only be thesecond time thatanAll-Star gameis to be playedin Indianapolis.

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Is the NBA All-StarGame2021canceled?

TheNBA All-StarGame2021 is notcanceled. It has been rescheduled for 2024.The announcement was expected for months in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.The hotel blocks for 2021’s All-Star weekswereannouncedand the program wasabout to be finished for this season, whichhas begunonDecember22.

The game was rescheduled for 2024 because of a potential scheduling clash between Indianapolis and the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Turnier due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

When is the NBA All-StarGame2021?

In November 2020, the NBA and the Indiana Pacers announced thattheAll-Star 2021 gamehas been postponed for 2024 as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The competitionwasexpected to beheld on February 12-14, 2021.Now it has been pushed back toFebruary 16-18, 2024.

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Cleveland will be followed in 2022 by NBA All-Star in Indianapolis and Salt Lake City will be followed by All-Star host in 2023. The town of Indianapolis expects to see the economic effect of the game at 8 figures ($10,000,000).

Where is the 2021 NBA All-StarGamelocation?

The NBA All-Star Weekend is being organized by Indianapolis in 2024, which will formally retable proposal to hold the mid-season showcase of the League in this area. IndianapolisAs previously announced, in 2022 it will be hosted by Cleveland, and in 2023 by Salt Lake City. The next opening point in the league schedule of the All-Star was 2024.

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The Game will be played at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse, which is an indoor stadium in downtown Indianapolis, U.S. The arena is home to the Indiana Pacers and the National Women’s Basketball Association’s Indiana Fever.

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