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Jaylen Brown says that a bizarre in-game ceremony “The gas” took out the all-star game
Although the team is on the market, the Celtics are still fascinated about bringing an NBA All-Star game to Boston, so Gary Washburn from
Boston has not organized NBA-All-Star game since 1964. Washburn reported last 12 months that the Celtics were An offer for the All-Star game 2029. Washburn said this week that the bid was still possible, but it surely was put within the queue since the NBA determines other planning obligations.
Jaylen Brown, a four-time all-star with the Celtics, said that he would organize the sport for Boston again.
“That would be great. That would be great, ”said Brown on Sunday. “I feel the town is ready for this. I feel you may have the craziest fans on this planet in Boston, so I'm sure you’ll enjoy it. “
“It seemed a bit empty this evening,” he added, after the team of his Shaq-og won the All-Star game. “I don't think that will occur in Boston. So, yes, should you bring the all-star game to Boston, I would really like to be there and I would really like to participate. I feel that will be great for the sport. “
The NBA has announced that the game in Los Angeles' Intuit Dome and the game in 2027 will be played in the Footprint Center in Phoenix in 2026.
Boston organized the first two NBA all-star games in the Boston Garden in 1951 and 1952. It was held for the last time in 1957 and 1964.
The last time that Boston performed the All-Star game of one of the four traditionally large men's sports players, the MLB All-Star game in Fenway Park 1999.
The NBA Commissioner Adam Silver encouraged Boston to submit an application in 2022. According to The Celtics, the league accepted the application and is interested in bringing the game back to Boston.
The offer for the All-Star game is a competitive process, and the host must also meet certain logistical requirements of the league. The league Reports I would like to access a congress center for a week, a secondary arena for some of the other events of the weekend and more than 7,000 hotel rooms.
“It is not a matter of course [to host the game]But we have received really good, positive feedback from the NBA that Boston is a city that you can manage for an all-star game, ”Celtics President Rich Gotham said In 2024. “From the attitude of the Celtics of the Celtics, we might really like to host it. We think it might be an important thing for the town of Boston. “
“The economic effects are really great,” he added. “It shouldn’t be quite the nice bowl, but it surely is an enormous event relating to sporting events. It is the NBA version of the Super Bowl and it attracts people from everywhere in the world. Media reporting is global and it might be an important approach to present Boston, and Boston is actually, especially with all the event that happens within the seaport, all hotels, the facilities, bostons definitely a viable goal, so we’re I hope, I hope, to have the option to bring a game with you [here]. “”
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