If they'd at least say that, I wouldn't be that upset. Cept for one minor detail. Utah, Minnesota and Milwaukee have all hosted the ASG. As has Cleveland, Chicago, Seattle (twice) and Indianapolis. Sure, some of those were a while ago, but the main point here is...were.
and number one in titty bars and porn shops per capita too ... don't worry, if I get depressed I'll just go get some boobs in my face.
oh fuck off, Stern. Cut the crap and just host it in LA every year, it's obvious that the ASG is only about money and not the fans.
LA, Orlando, San Antonio, Phoenix, and New Orleans should rotate. Yes, I am pissed off that the All-Star Game has never been held in Portland, and have ranted on that fact many times. However, the All-Star Game used to be a fan-friendly event that was meant to award franchises and their fans for their loyalty and business to the NBA. It ceased to be that about 15 years ago, now it's just a corporate showcase for the NBA to kiss the ass of their sponsors. The Vegas ASG was really the nail in the coffin of a once-fun weekend. Now I don't give two shits if the NBA brings the ASG to the Rose Garden, it's not like you or I could get tickets (face value, anyway) to the damn thing.
Agreed on all fronts except Dallas instead of San Antonio. And I'm not quite as angry as all of this as you seem to be. hehe The NFL has held the Pro Bowl in Hawaii every year, and I don't think that fans have any sort of issue with that in football. (Although maybe now that they're experimenting with it, holding it in Miami in 2010 before the Super Bowl, people will start to have different expectations...) The NBA has seemingly changed the rules of the game in terms of AS location selection, so it's probably wise to just accept (as you are, in an angry way ) it and not worry abou tit. Ed O.
Not really, this year I only watched Rudy. Still, if it were in Portland, I'm sure there would be events to go to, people to meet, things to do, even if the actual game was too expensive for most people. It's one of those things that I pretend I don't really care about, but I'll secretly admit that it'd be pretty cool to see in Portland. you include San Antonio and New Orleans but not New York and Miami?
The Dallas one should be good, because fans can actually see the game, since it will be in Cowboy Stadium. (Although you probably can't really see good basketball action from the seats fans will be able to get.) It's ridiculous though, imo, that tickets aren't even made available for the Saturday night.
Yep, truth this is. The ASG is for the NBA sponsors for the most part. Portland just doesn't have the amenities for spoiled rich billionaire corporate people to enjoy a weekend outside of the NBA stuff. It's all right to me though. I think it'd be fun to have for the festivities and stuff around the ASG weekend, but the whole Saturday night events and the All-Star game itself is overrated.
I really haven't cared much about the All-Star weekend for a while. The only thing worth watching is the game, and that's only if we have a player on the west roster.
There is a simple reason why the nba will never beat the nfl... the nfl promotes all their teams not just the big city teams....
Every one knows that LA can get the big money. But maybe spread around the product more. Increasing interests in other markets could benefit the game especially consider LA had one a few years ago.
