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SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The WNBA All-Star Game<\/a> is coming to the Bay Area next summer.<\/p>\n League commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Tuesday that the game will be July 31, 2027, at Chase Center after a weekend of All-Star activities around the San Francisco region.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled to bring AT&T WNBA<\/a> All-Star to the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time,\u201d Engelbert, a Collingswood<\/a> native, said in a statement. \u201cThe Golden State Valkyries have brought incredible energy and excitement to the WNBA from the moment they were announced as an expansion team in 2023, and the response from fans across the Bay Area has been remarkable. Valkyries fans have embraced this team with an extraordinary level of passion and enthusiasm, and we can\u2019t wait to see that energy on full display for an unforgettable All-Star weekend next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n At the All-Star Game in Chicago last month, players\u2019 union president Nneka Ogwumike, who played at Stanford, said many players felt that Golden State would be a great host for next year\u2019s midsummer exhibition.<\/p>\n \u00bb READ MORE: Our favorite looks from WNBA All-Star Weekend<\/a><\/p>\n The Valkyries have sold out all of their home games at the Chase Center, which opened in 2019, since the franchise\u2019s inception last year. They became the first expansion organization to make the playoffs in its inaugural year and ultimately lost to the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx.<\/a> The Valkyries clinched a playoff berth for this year on Monday night with a win over Dallas<\/a>.<\/p>\n The NBA All-Star Game was played at Chase Center last year.<\/p>\n \u201cHosting AT&T WNBA All-Star in only our third season is an incredible honor and a reflection of everything this fanbase, this region, and this organization have built together,\u201d Valkyries president Jess Smith said. \u201cFrom Day 1, the Bay Area has shown up for this team in a way that\u2019s redefined what\u2019s possible in women\u2019s basketball, and we can\u2019t wait to put that same energy on display for the entire league next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00bb READ MORE: Dawn Staley talks WNBA ownership, while Doc Rivers reflects on Sixers leadership at Hall of Fame induction weekend<\/a><\/p>\n Last week, Major League Baseball announced<\/a> the 2028 All-Star Game would return to nearby Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.<\/p>\n The Super Bowl<\/a> was played in February at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., which then hosted the World Cup<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to article \u2022\u00a00:00 min SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The WNBA All-Star Game is coming to the Bay Area…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105,173295],"class_list":["post-436605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-wnba-all-star-game-2027-san-francisco-chase-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}