The 2026 All-Star Game will take place at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, the new venue of the Los Angeles Clippers starting next season, the NBA, the California franchise and the town hall announced on Tuesday. The Intuit Dome, a newly built venue in Inglewood (southwest of the Los Angeles urban area), will host LA Clippers matches from next season, who currently share the Crypto.com Arena with the Lakers in “Downtown”, the economic center of the City of Angels.
“A unique basketball experience”
“We built the Intuit Dome to host the best basketball players in the world, and we are honored to have them under our roof for the All-Star Game”said Clippers owner Steve Ballmer about the event scheduled for February 2026. Los Angeles has already hosted the mid-season meeting six times, the last time in 2018. The All-Star Game 2024 is scheduled for February 18 in Indianapolis, and the 2025 edition will take place in San Francisco in the lair of the Golden State Warriors.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver greeted a stadium at a press conference “which promises a unique basketball experience and will be an extraordinary venue for the All-Star Game in 2026”. He later slipped to the media that the venue would also host basketball during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, contrary to organizers’ initial plans.
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A spokesperson for the Olympic organizing committee, contacted byAFPdid not confirm the decision but clarified that LA-2028 “explored avenues for improving the site map”evoking discussions “with Los Angeles authorities in the coming months”.
2024-01-17 08:39:58
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