2028 NBA All-Star Location Reportedly Being Finalized for Host's 1st Time in 38 Years

The NBA is taking the 2028 All-Star Game to South Florida.

ESPN's Shams Charania reported Kaseya Center in Miami will host the midseason spectacle, its first time staging the event since 1990.

Given both the weather and nightlife scene in the city, some might be surprised to learn Miami hasn't been a regular in the All-Star Game rotation. Heat president of business operations Eric Woolworth has floated the idea for a decade.

The Miami Herald's Anthony Chiang presented the context behind the situation:

"Previous NBA All-Star Games were usually held on Presidents' Day Weekend in February, which is the same weekend that the Miami International Boat Show is held. That conflict led to the long hiatus, with the boat show using the Miami Beach Convention Center and taking up a large chunk of hotel rooms in the area."

According to Chiang, the 2028 Miami International Boat Show is getting moved out of its usual slot on the calendar. As a result, the city became a realistic possibility for the All-Star Game.

Chiang also reported the NBA brought the idea to Heat officials rather than the other way around.

Miami will be another warmer-weather climate for the All-Star Game after a stretch of the festivities heading to more frigid cities. Across a five-year period, All-Star Weekend went to Chicago, Cleveland, Salt Lake City and Indianapolis.

"If I could change something about All-Star Weekends, they wouldn't be in cold-weather cities anymore," nine-time All-Star Paul George jokingly said to reporters in 2024.

He got his wish as the event went to San Francisco in 2025 and Inglewood, California, the following year. Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix will be the site for the 2027 installment.