NBA pulls 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, focuses on New Orleans
Source: Yahoo
Without any movement by state legislators in North Carolina to change newly enacted laws targeted at the LGBT community, the NBA is pulling the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, league sources told The Vertical.
The NBA is focused on the New Orleans Smoothie King Center as the host for All-Star Weekend and the All-Star Game on Feb. 19, league sources told The Vertical.
For now, there are still other cities trying to lure the All-Star Game, sources said.
A formal announcement on the NBAs withdrawal out of Charlotte is expected as soon as this week, league sources said Thursday.
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dhill926
(16,355 posts)hitting them in the pocketbook can work. I do feel bad for the workers in Charlotte who will lose out....maybe convince folks to vote those assholes out of office...
msongs
(67,441 posts)irisblue
(33,023 posts)dakota_democrat
(374 posts)chillfactor
(7,584 posts)I wish all events scheduled to take place in North Carolina would do the same.....this event is a huge financial loss for a bigoted state.
George II
(67,782 posts)StanP50
(12 posts)As an NC resident who is fed up with the Re-thug political legislature and Governor of this state I couldn't be more thrilled by this. This will be, if not the pivotal, one of the pivotal points in making sure that McCrory is gone, gone, gone in November.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)some balls - sorry had to say it. This is being reported on local news stations and it looks like New Orleans may be the new selection.
jpak
(41,759 posts)Panich52
(5,829 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)OverBurn
(958 posts)minnesota_liberal
(1,099 posts)... but it was the right move for the NBA to send a message to North Carolina and other states that have - or are considering - similar discriminatory and hateful legislation.
CRK7376
(2,203 posts)This North Carolinian is thrilled to see the NBA stick a big old finger into McCrory's eye. He can go stuff the HB2 where the sun don't shine! I hate it for my state and the workers all over the Charlotte area that will lose out, but it truly shows NCGOP that they have made a mistake. I wish more would pressure McCrory and the NCGOP to get rid of HB2. Thank you NBA!
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)We will redirect your intolerance when we deny you the ability to profit from it. Their worship of $$$ will bring them to heel.
B2G
(9,766 posts)over the restroom issue.
Seems kind of an odd choice given that's the only reason they pulled out of Charlotte.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)Response to brooklynite (Original post)
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