The 2017 NBA All-Star Game could still be moved from Charlotte if North Carolina’s House Bill 2 remains unchanged.
The news comes from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s comments at an Associated Press Sports Editors’ meeting on Thursday, according to attendees.
The AP’s Brian Mahoney quoted Silver saying he believes the NBA has been “crystal clear” regarding the professional basketball league’s stance on the controversial legislation.
Mahoney quoted Silver saying:
“We’ve been, I think, crystal clear that we believe a change in the law is necessary for us to play in the kind of environment that we think is appropriate for a celebratory NBA event, but that we did have some time and that if the view of the people who were allied with us in terms of a change, if their view, the people on the ground in North Carolina, was that the situation would best be served by us not setting a deadline, we would not set a deadline at this time.”
The game and the associated festivities from All-Star weekend are scheduled to take place in Charlotte in February 2017.
In the wake of House Bill 2, PayPal announced the company would not move forward with a planned expansion in Charlotte. Deutsche Bank also announced it was freezing plans to create 250 new jobs in Cary.
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