{"id":218424,"date":"2025-10-16T23:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/218424\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:25:08","slug":"wnba-all-star-game-returns-to-chicago-in-2026-at-united-center-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/218424\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA All-Star Game returns to Chicago in 2026 at United Center \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The WNBA All-Star Game is returning to Chicago in 2026 and will be played at the United Center, the league said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The game will be played on July 25, with the 3-point contest and Skills Challenge taking place the day before. The plans are contingent on the league getting a new collective bargaining agreement in place. The current one expires at the end of the month and the two sides are far apart.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe WNBA is thrilled to bring AT&T WNBA All-Star back to Chicago, which will undoubtedly deliver unforgettable competition and community outreach,\u201d WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement. \u201cTogether with the Chicago Sky, we look forward to celebrating the game\u2019s brightest stars, engaging WNBA fans around the world, and showcasing the energy of one of basketball\u2019s most iconic cities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chicago hosted the All-Star Game in 2022, with that game played at Wintrust Arena \u2014 home of the Sky. The team has played some regular-season games at the United Center, including this past season. United Center has nearly double the capacity of the Wintrust Arena, which seats just over 10,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chicago Sky are thrilled to welcome the 2026 WNBA All-Star game back to Chicago. We can\u2019t wait to build on the success of the previous All-Star game and celebrate the explosive growth of the league by showcasing the WNBA\u2019s biggest stars on a world-class stage,\u201d Chicago Sky Chief Executive Officer and President Adam Fox said.<\/p>\n

This past season, the All-Star Game was in Indianapolis, but star Caitlin Clark, of the Fever, was unable to play because of a groin injury.<\/p>\n

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AP WNBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wnba-basketball<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The WNBA All-Star Game is returning to Chicago in 2026 and will be played…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-218424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}