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Portland has been host to many big basketball events, from an NCAA Final Four (way back when) to the NBA Finals on three occasions. But there does not appear to be much hope for the NBA All-Star Game landing in the Rose City.
Commissioner David Stern was asked if Portland could be a host candidate, and both he and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said the city may come up short because it doesn’t have enough hotel space to house the league’s guests.
“Just the NBA alone accounts for almost 11,000 room nights in the All-Star city, and that’s historically been the issue in Portland, because of course what we now are calling All-Star week has expanded to the point that there are also needs for thousands of additional rooms beyond what we’re booking,” Silver told The Associated Press. “So we’d love to find a way to get to Portland, but that continues to be the issue for Portland and many other ideal cities, and just a function of not enough hotel rooms.”
