City of Houston, TX Lands 2013 NBA All Star Game.

[Stills12]

NBA players are biggest whiners when it comes to weather. You dont see football players or hockey players whining. Another reason I want players to be destroyed in the negotiation

Which nba players are whining?

Just take a look at NBA players who have complained about the weather in Toronto

Complained im sure they have, but last i checked none of them refused to play all star games in Toronto. It's a lot to do with nba marketing than where players want to play.

[DavidSterned]

Basketball is an indoor sport last time I checked. Who gives a **** if the weather is cold? NBA needs to end its obsession with awarding southern cities the all star game every damn year.

[Joseph17]

Born and raised in Houston. Great town especially on my last visit but like always just awful weather.

Awful weather? I would expect the weather there to be good.

[twistedfate]

Born and raised in Houston. Great town especially on my last visit but like always just awful weather.

Awful weather? I would expect the weather there to be good.

Its unbearable in the summer, cause its both hot and ridiculously humid. The winters are always 70 degrees, so it should be nice in February.

[johnwall]

The all star games and super bowls are labeled as events, u dnt put those in cold whether cities or different countries, economically, it makes zero sense

[MaliBrah]

man .. at this rate toronto will never get one.. toronto fans should start a campaign at home games so the issue could be brought up.

[GeneWilderSTL]

Why can't another city who hasn't got an All-Star weekend for ages get it?

they should bring the all-star game to st. louis, just a way to say "hey we've screwed you out of a team a thousand times, we're sorry, and we'll get you a team soon but in the meantime enjoy this all-star game."

[illiance]

Too bad it'll never happen since the league will still be under a lockout.

[Sofia]

LOL what a joke the NBA is.

How is it a joke? Houston was a good host city and a good place to have an event during the winter.

Didn't Houston just get the opportunity to host an all-star game not too long ago? This is the perfect missed opportunity to pump some cash into a smaller market franchise.

Exactly, look what it did for New Orlea... oh right.

[Copperhead]

It doesn't pump money into franchises perse. It does however pump a bit of money into the city/state economy. Hotels, restaurants, etc.

[Copperhead]

As I figured, it's a bidding/pitch type of process.

Houston bidded for the 2014 game but ended up getting the 2013 game.

“Since last All-Star Game, we’ve submitted to the league a proposal to host the All-Star Game again,” he said. “We’re under consideration for 2014. We’re hopeful, but the NBA has not made any determinations. There are a number of cities bidding for the same thing. We’re working with the city and the sports authority to try to get the game.”

“We’ve been talking to the league since the last All-Star Game here about getting another,” Brown said. “We submitted it almost a year ago. We’ve been talking to the league about All-Star Games coming up literally since the game finished up here in ’06. And ’14 was the first one that opened up with dates that worked for the city as well as for us.”

Something else I just found... it's a 2008 article but it mentions something about warmer climates and large convention centers.

The league has a history of awarding the All-Star Game to new arenas, as it did in 2002 (Staples Center in Los Angeles), 2005 (Pepsi Center in Denver) and 2006 (Toyota Center in Houston). League owners have lately shown a preference for warm-weather cities, placing the game in Houston, Las Vegas and New Orleans over the last three years. The 2009 game will be in Phoenix at the US Airways Center. Dallas is considered a favorite for the 2010 game.

Stern acknowledged that cities with warm climates and large convention centers have a distinct advantage in the bidding process.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/sport ... nted=print



Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spo ... z1UgzmqCW0

So for those of you complaining, do you know whether or not if your team/city/state leaders have been actively pursuing an All-Star game?

[keloms]

Chicago hasn't had an ASG here since 1988. Do we have to wait 25+ years to get another one? United Center is one of the most famous arenas, let us host one!

Who cares if the temperature will likely be around 10 degrees and a foot of snow on the ground. Man up people.

Chicago could have had it pretty much any year they wanted it. Reinsdorf doesn't want it though because NBA takes all the tickets for it and leaves the clubs season ticket holders in the cold which he doesn't want any part of.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Why would Toronto get one? Every NBA team except for the Raptors are in America. It's an American league. They'll always pick places in the US>

[College Boy]

The game itself has nothing to do with the weather. It's played indoors, so the outside temperature doesn't matter in the least. The reason they prefer warmer climate cities is because there are a thousand events that take place over the course of the weekend that bring in money. Nobody wants to wade through the Chicago (no offense to Chicagoans?) winter to get to an event. Plus you can't parking lot pimp. Ideally it would be a place that is conducive to an outside nightlife.

[Don Draper]

The game itself has nothing to do with the weather. It's played indoors, so the outside temperature doesn't matter in the least. The reason they prefer warmer climate cities is because there are a thousand events that take place over the course of the weekend that bring in money. Nobody wants to wade through the Chicago (no offense to Chicagoans?) winter to get to an event. Plus you can't parking lot pimp. Ideally it would be a place that is conducive to an outside nightlife.

This. I was in LA for the last one and we got drenched in rain. Apart from that it was a blast but imagine if it were cold and/or snowing. No thank you.

[darth_federer]

Boston hasnt had a game since 1964 either. Its not like Toronto is the only team getting snubbed. Chicago hasnt had one since 1988 too. And you guys need to remember that ownership needs to put in the paperwork for Toronto to get an all star game. Right now we cant get one because we dont have the extra facility for the practice, fan events and the other stuff. In February the Metro Toronto Convention Center is completely booked and most places are the same. So until thats resolved it wont come here.

[ropjhk]

Isn't there a bidding process involved? Are the cold weather cities actually bidding for the ASG?

[DA_SCOUT]

Let Toronto host already god damn it.

THIS!
The NBA needs to mix it up.

[SheedsWeed]

Eh, I don't mind Houston, but I wish they would have some variation each decade or something.

[Sky_Knicks]

New York hasn't had one since 1998