Charlotte bid for the 2017 All-Star Game, spent $33.5 million of public money to upgrade the arena and drew Adam Silver’s support.
It worked.
The lesson, as always, is the NBA rewards cities that provide public funding for arenas and punishes those that don’t. Seattle lost its team. Charlotte gets an All-Star game.
Once you get past that tiny issue, Charlotte should be a fun place for the game.
The league will surely put Hornets owner Michael Jordan front and center, and his huge marketing power will help a lot fall into place.
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