The Phoenix Mercury will host the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game, commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced on Saturday during her press conference prior to the 2023 All-Star Game in Las Vegas. No date has been set, but next year’s game will also take place in July.
“The WNBA is excited to bring AT&T WNBA All-Star back to Phoenix for the third time in our nearly three-decade history,” WNBA Engelbert said. “Having an inaugural WNBA franchise in the Mercury host this two-day celebration is perfect as the basketball world focuses its eyes on the WNBA and today’s greatest stars.”
This is the third time that the Mercury have hosted the event, and first since 2014. They also had the second-ever All-Star Game in 2000. To show how much times have changed, the final score of that game was West 73, East 61, which was nearly identical to the halftime score of this year’s game.
“As I’ve said from day one, we are going to make Phoenix one of the leading basketball…
