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They just had it in 2004 and did I just hear the guys on ATH say Toronto gets it in 2012
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Originally Posted by P MAC ONE
Because the proximity of L.A. Live, Staples Center and the LA convention center is something the NBA wants to explore while L.A. Live and the hotels in it are still brand new.
minus the damn trafficOriginally Posted by rocathajordans23
Originally Posted by P MAC ONE
Because the proximity of L.A. Live, Staples Center and the LA convention center is something the NBA wants to explore while L.A. Live and the hotels in it are still brand new.
Plus the weather...
Originally Posted by Carlos Tevez
Dip, you really think Toronto will get it?
I'm thinking that the NBA prefers hosting the ASG in warm weather locations.
I also read that the ACC is too small to host the event (not enough locker room for all the All-Stars, rookies+sophomores, other contestants) plus there isn't enough room for the media people, performers, etc.
Maybe they'd have to do it in the Skydome
Anyways, I'd love for it to come here. It would only be fair seeing as how we've been in the league for 15+ years now and we've never hosted it.
Originally Posted by 18key
Well if it is, I'm going. I mean, if I can get tickets I'm going.
Someone was asking me Sunday night about the feasibility of an all-star game in Toronto.
Simple answer?
No.
Yes, the city’s great and has lots of hotel space and conventionfloor space and clubs and restaurants and there’d be every chance it’dbe warmer there than it was in Dallas.
The issue is the Air Canada Centre.
It’s a good building, with good seats for fans in a nice downtown location and most things work well in it.
But it’s too small. No back-of-house space.
Heck, there aren’t even enough dressing rooms for the folks who sing and dance, let alone all the stuff they bring with.
Honestly, the scope of this all-star thing is huge; people,props, stuffed animals, more people and props. The Air Canada Centre,for all its charms, simply doesn’t have the facilities to handleeverything smoothly.
Heck, when the Raptors get into the playoffs, they have to feedthe media in a hallway – single tables stretched out along a wall –because the joint can’t handle the extra people.
I can’t even guess what it’d be like with an all-star game and, if they apply, I bet the league would have some concerns.
Sorry.
Besides, we keep hearing that after Los Angeles next year, thenew arena in Orlando might be a host and so, too, might New Orleans beso you could be looking 2014 at the earliest anyway.
Maybe Maple Leaf Sports applies and gets it for a long-off yearand, who knows, maybe they do the Saturday at the ACC and the game atthe dome but I’d be surprised.
http://thestar.blogs.com/raptors/
Maybe Toronto hosts it when construction is finished on the condos next to the ACC.
They lean towards it, but they will host it in cold/mild weather cities:Originally Posted by Carlos Tevez
I'm thinking that the NBA prefers hosting the ASG in warm weather locations.
Originally Posted by rocathajordans23
Originally Posted by P MAC ONE
Because the proximity of L.A. Live, Staples Center and the LA convention center is something the NBA wants to explore while L.A. Live and the hotels in it are still brand new.
Plus the weather...