De Blasio Urges NBA To Hold All-Star Game At Barclays Over MSG; Rips James anti-union Dolan

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Check out this article and leave a comment supporting holding the 2015 NBA All Star Game at the Barclays Center instead of MSG, which is owned by James Dolan. Dolan also owns Cablevision/Optimum, where 22 CWA members were locked out and fired last month after trying to speak with management about stalled contract talks.

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February 25, 2013 1:20 PM

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Baseball’s All-Star Game is coming to Queens this year. Next February, we’ll have a Super Bowl in East Rutherford, N.J. — and “Super Bowl Boulevard” in New York City.

And now the NBA is set to complete the trifecta with either the Knicks or Nets. Both teams have submitted formal bids to host All-Star Weekend in 2015, and the game is practically a slam-dunk to be played in New York, according to NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver.

It will come down to Brooklyn vs. Manhattan, a choice between the brand new Barclays Center and the renovated Madison Square Garden. The third and final phase of MSG’s pricey transformation is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2013-14 season.


New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (Credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

But if public advocate Bill de Blasio has his way, the league will bypass Manhattan and head straight for the outer borough. De Blasio has written a letter to NBA commissioner David Stern and Silver, imploring them not to hold the game at Madison Square Garden.


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