{"id":525653,"date":"2026-03-10T00:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525653\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T00:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:31:09","slug":"nba-cancels-atlanta-hawks-plans-to-celebrate-famed-magic-city-adult-entertainment-club-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525653\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA cancels Atlanta Hawks\u2019 plans to celebrate famed Magic City adult entertainment club | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen we became aware of the Atlanta Hawks\u2019 scheduled promotion, we reached out to Hawks leadership to better understand their plans and rationale,\u201d NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. \u201cWhile we appreciate the team\u2019s perspective and their desire to move forward, we have heard significant concerns from a broad array of league stakeholders, including fans, partners and employees.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe canceling this promotion is the right decision for the broader NBA community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hawks had no immediate comment. The tribute game had been scheduled for next Monday against Orlando.<\/p>\n

The Hawks have ties to the club. Principal owner Jami Gertz was a producer for a five-part docuseries that explored the club\u2019s history, its place in Black and hip-hop culture and what it means to the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis collaboration and theme night is very meaningful to me after all the work that we did to put together \u2019Magic City: An American Fantasy,\u2019\u201d Gertz, who is also a filmmaker and actor, said when the promotion was announced. \u201cThe iconic Atlanta institution has made such an incredible impact on our city and its unique culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were plans for a live Magic City-themed podcast to be taped with early-arriving fans at the game as well.<\/p>\n

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AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen we became aware of the Atlanta Hawks\u2019 scheduled promotion, we reached out to Hawks leadership to better…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,459,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-525653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-nba","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525653","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=525653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}