LAS VEGAS — Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Sunday that Phoenix will be the host city for the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game.
It will be the third time for the event in Phoenix; it was also there in 2000 and 2014.
“With Phoenix being one of our original franchises, now under new ownership, they are very excited,” Engelbert told ESPN. “The city is also hosting a women’s Final Four coming up (2026), and I think they want to be a center of basketball. So the Mercury were very interested in having All-Star.”
Mat Ishbia, who purchased the Phoenix Suns and Mercury last December, told ESPN that he and other Phoenix officials have been monitoring how things are going this week for the WNBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas, which includes a large “WNBA Live” fan fest. Team A’ja Wilson faces Team Breanna Stewart at 8:30 p.m. ET Saturday on ABC/ESPN App.
“We’re all here in Las Vegas seeing how [owner] Mark Davis and the Las Vegas Aces are putting on the All-Star Game and saying, ‘What can we take from here to put into our event?'” Ishbia said. “And…
