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Bulls To Host '20 NBA All-Star Game, Chicago's First Since '88

Chicago "will host" the '20 NBA All-Star Game, a source confirmed, with the Bulls scheduling a 2:00pm CT news conference today at United Center for a formal announcement. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Bulls execs Michael Reinsdorf and John Paxson are "expected to be in attendance." The '20 event will be the "first time the All-Star Game will be played in Chicago" since '88 (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 11/10).

The move marks a "major reversal" for Bulls Chair Jerry Reinsdorf, who has "cited season-ticket holders' displacement as why Chicago wouldn't host another" All-Star Game. Sources said that the Reinsdorfs' "strong relationship" with Emanuel and the "benefits hosting such an event will provide for the city closed the deal." The new Wintrust Arena and Navy Pier are "logical landing spots for the myriad events that accompany the game" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/10).

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