Toronto awarded 2016 NBA all-star game

By News Staff

Posted September 30, 2013 12:04 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Tim Leiweke, CEO, MLSE, tourism minister Michael Chan, MLSE chairman, Larry Tanenbaum, NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver and mayor Rob Ford spoke after it was officially announced that the NBA all-star game will be played in Toronto in 2016.

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