Basketball · All-Star Event
NBA All-Star Weekend
A three-day basketball showcase built around the All-Star Game, with the skills competitions, three-point contest, and dunk contest staged the night before, plus a rising stars event to open the weekend.
Dates
Dates to be confirmed
February 2027
Location
Rotating host city, United States
Status
upcoming
What to know
Planning angle
All-Star is an arena event wrapped in a city-wide party. Saturday night is the better ticket for most fans, and the surrounding nightlife programme often outsells the basketball itself.
Fan experience
The host city fills with brand activations, celebrity events, and open-to-the-public fan experiences. Plan the weekend around the city, not just the arena.
Venues & stadiums
Venues with their own guide link through to transit, hotel areas, and what is walkable nearby.
- Rotating host arena
Best areas to stay
Pulled from our city guides for each host destination.
Los Angeles
- Downtown LA (best transit access, closest to Crypto.com Arena)
- Santa Monica (beach base, poor for Inglewood venues)
- El Segundo / Manhattan Beach (closest practical base for SoFi and Intuit Dome)
- Pasadena (only sensible base for Rose Bowl events)
Las Vegas
- Center Strip (walkable to T-Mobile Arena and most of the F1 circuit)
- South Strip (closest to Allegiant Stadium)
- Downtown / Fremont Street (cheapest rates, 15 minutes off Strip)
- Off-Strip east side (best value if you are willing to rideshare)
How to get around
What the transit network actually covers in each host city.
Los Angeles
Metro rail covers Downtown, Long Beach, Santa Monica, and Pasadena, and the K Line now reaches the Inglewood area. It does not connect every venue, and coverage gaps are large. Plan on a mix of rail and rideshare, and treat any cross-county trip during rush hour as a 90 minute exercise.
Las Vegas
The Strip is walkable but longer than it looks: end to end is over four miles and casino frontages add distance. The Monorail runs along the east side of the Strip only. During F1 weekend, road closures reshape pedestrian routes significantly.
Watching from home
Find a bar showing NBA All-Star Weekend
Watch parties listed city by city, reviewed before publishing.
Related destinations
Host cities, covered as year-round sports travel guides
Los Angeles sports travel guide
United States
Los Angeles hosts more major sport than any other American city and is about to host the Olympics for a third time. The catch is geography: venues are scattered across roughly 50 miles of county, and the difference between a good trip and a bad one is almost always where you chose to sleep.
Open guideLas Vegas sports travel guide
United States
Las Vegas went from having no major league teams to hosting an NFL franchise, an NHL franchise, a Formula 1 street race, and a steady rotation of championship events and combat sports. For event travel it is close to purpose-built: everything is compressed into a small area with enormous accommodation capacity.
Open guideRelated venues
Stadium and arena guides for this event
Madison Square Garden
New York, United States
Penn Station is directly below the arena, served by the A, C, E, 1, 2, and 3 subway lines plus Long Island Rail Road, NJ Transit, and Amtrak. Herald Square, two blocks east, adds the B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, and W. There is effectively no reason to take a car.
Open guideKaseya Center
Miami, United States
Metromover, the free automated downtown loop, has a stop directly at the arena. Metrorail connects at Government Center, a few minutes away on the Metromover. Brightline intercity rail arrives at MiamiCentral, about a 10 minute walk or a short Metromover ride. This is the rare Miami venue where you do not need a car.
Open guideRelated teams
Clubs whose fans plan around this event
Los Angeles Lakers travel guide
Los Angeles, United States
Downtown arena, the one LA venue you can reach on rail
Open guideMiami Heat travel guide
Miami, United States
Waterfront arena on the free downtown Metromover loop
Open guideNew York Knicks travel guide
New York, United States
The Garden sits on top of a train station in midtown Manhattan
Open guideBoston Celtics travel guide
Boston, United States
The most decorated club in the league, above North Station
Open guideGolden State Warriors travel guide
San Francisco, United States
A waterfront arena in Mission Bay, walkable from the ballpark
Open guideRelated competitions
How the leagues and championships behind this actually work
NBA guide
Basketball · League
Thirty teams play 82 regular-season games from October into April, split between two conferences. A play-in tournament decides the final playoff places in each conference, then four rounds of best-of-seven series lead to the Finals. An in-season tournament runs alongside the regular season in the autumn, with its games counting toward the regular-season record except for the final.
Open guideNBA Finals guide
Basketball · Series
A best-of-seven series between the conference champions. The team with the better regular-season record holds home-court advantage and hosts games one, two, five and seven, with the other team hosting three, four and six. Games five, six and seven are played only if the series needs them, which is the single biggest complication for anyone booking travel.
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Frequently asked questions
Which night is the best value?+
Saturday. The skills, three-point, and dunk competitions consistently deliver more entertainment per dollar than the exhibition game on Sunday.
Where is the next All-Star Weekend?+
The host city rotates and is confirmed by the league ahead of each season. We update this page when the venue and dates are published.
Last updated August 17, 2026
Sources and verification
The organiser has not published confirmed dates for this edition. The date shown is indicative only and must not be used as the basis for booking non-refundable travel.
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