Report: Indiana to host 2021 NBA All-Star Game
The NBA's best will reportedly be coming to the Hoosier State in just under four years' time.
The Indiana Pacers will host the 2021 All-Star Game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The team announced it will hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon for a "major event announcement." NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Pacers owner Herb Simon, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, and Gov. Eric Holcomb are expected to be in attendance.
It would be the third All-Star Game held in Indiana, with the last coming back in 1985 at the Hoosier Dome. The first came in 1953 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.
The 2018 festivities will take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles from Feb. 16-18, with Charlotte (Spectrum Center) and Chicago (United Center) hosting in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
Other cities that placed a bid for either the 2020 or 2021 All-Star Game include Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Houston, and Orlando.