In the past, it's been a pretty simple process.
A city and a team build a new arena, with the promise that they will host an NBA All-Star game and weekend down the road. Now, that promise could be broken when it comes to Milwaukee.
The Oklahoman newspaper was the first to report new requirements of minimum hotel rooms, the size of a convention center, and the number of nonstop and international flights.
An NBA spokesperson says the league will institute these new requirements that would currently exclude Milwaukee. The game is booked through 2026, and Milwaukee is trying to get the 2027 or 2028 game.
TMJ4's Lance Allan spoke to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver back on Aug. 27., 2018 on the matter.
"No announcements yet," Adam Silver said, while in Milwaukee on a tour of Fiserv Forum. "But I know Peter Feigin. Now he can turn his attention to a new project. Certainly, an All-Star game is on the horizon."
Lance Allan asks how Silver would categorize it, and how likely an All-Star game would happen at Fiserv Forum.
"It's very likely to happen at some point," Silver says. "I can't put a specific year on it, but we make a point of coming to new arenas. So, obviously, there's other cities that are competing for All-Stars. Some of them got in line before Fiserv Forum, but there's no question we will be here with an All-Star game."
The Milwaukee Business Journal is reporting that Bucks President Peter Feigin will apply for an exemption to the new requirements.
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