Warriors to Host 2025 All-Star Festivities at Oakland Arena

The Golden State Warriors are set to host the upcoming 2025 All-Star festivities. The NBA's All-Star game is the crown jewel of the association. It's the very best of the best who come together for one weekend to play the game they love and have fun in the process. Nothing compares to NBA All-Star weekend, as it's grown like no other over the years. while San Francisco will be at the forefront that weekend, they won't be the only city with the spotlight on it. The Warriors former home arena, the Oakland Arena (formerly Oracle Arena), in Oakland, California, will host the All-Star Celebrity Game, All-Star Practice, and the HBCU Classic. NBA's executive vice president Kelly Flatow shared the news in a recent interview with NBC Sports Bay Area. "We're focused on bringing as many events to the Bay Area as possible through All-Star," said Flatow. "... Oakland Arena was a great destination to do that, so we're excited that we'll be at Chase Center but also at Oakland Arena." "The San Francisco Bay Area is an incredible destination for our fans, for basketball fans for sure but for visitors around the world to be able to come and enjoy all of the activities of All-Star," Flatow said. "It is a global celebration of the game, and San Francisco has been host to so many incredible global events as well as the NBA Finals, so we're really excited that 25 years later we're able to bring the NBA All-Star Game back in 2025." The Warriors officially moved into their new arena in 2019, and in the five years that Chase Center has been open, they have hosted some of the biggest events an arena can open. However, the All-Star weekend will shine the brightest like no other. "This is a global celebration of our game, so we anticipate that we will have fans from around the world come to the Bay Area and enjoy all of the festivities," Flatow said. "We're also focused on being able to celebrate all of our fans in the Bay Area and across the United States. So it will become the epicenter of the basketball world for an entire week of All-Star. It's not just a weekend." Oakland Arena, formerly known as Oracle Arena, was home to the Warriors from 1971 to 2019. The arena saw the Warriors win three NBA titles in four seasons, and now they will host the All-Star festivities this season. For more Warriors news, make sure to head over to Newsweek Sports.