Charlotte has won a bid to host the 2017 NBA All-Star Weekend, the Observer has learned. A formal announcement is expected on Tuesday at 11 a.m., with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan in attendance at a news conference. Charlotte officials and the Hornets organization formally made a bid for the event last summer. In comments during a visit to Charlotte last year, Silver said he thought it was a sure thing Charlotte would be awarded an All-Star Weekend after city officials agreed to various upgrades and renovations at Time Warner Cable Arena. “Personally I’m very excited about coming back here. I don’t think there’s any question it’s going to happen,” Silver said in December. “Just a matter of what year.” The city agreed last fall to pay $27.5 million toward various improvements to the arena. The NBA saw those improvements as key to any All-Star bid. - See more at: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article25152058.html
