The forthcoming NBA All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas, will be one for the record books. The annual extravaganza of the NBA’s top 24 players will strut their wares before an expected Standing-Room-Only (SRO) crowd of close to 100,000 at the Cowboys Stadium (home of NFL’s Dallas Cowboys). Reports have it that as of now, 85,000 tickets had already been sold for the ASG alone. League officials and Mavericks management led by the enigmatic Mark Cuban, are discussing matters with Arlington fire marshals and public safety officials to determine how many more standing-room tickets can be sold and likewise on precautionary measures to be undertaken for the projected mammoth crowd on hand.
"It literally could be the largest party weekend in the history of the United States," Cuban said. "That's how big this thing has gotten. The Super Bowl, from a television perspective, is the biggest event of the year. But for attendance and partying, All-Star Weekend will make the Super Bowl look like a bar mitzvah."
Herewith are the schedule and some facts on the NBA All-Star Weekend set on February 12-14, 2010 (February 13-15, Manila time):
February 12 – ROOKIE CHALLENGE GAME
Featuring this year's best rookies against this year's best sophomores (second-year players).
February 13 – NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND EVENTS
The Shooting Stars competition (won by Detroit in 2009)
The Skills Challenge (won last year by Derrick Rose)
The Three-point shootout (last year's champ was Daequan Cook)
The Slam Dunk contest (won by Nate Robinson last year)
February 14 – NBA ALL-STAR GAME
Featuring the All-Star weekend's main event, the NBA All-Star game. The starters for the big game were announced on Thursday, January 21. They are Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard for the East, and Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Tim Duncan and Amar'e Stoudemire for the West.
The NBA All-Star reserves were announced on January 28, 2010. These are the players who will come off the bench in the big game.
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