The Golden State Valkyries and the San Francisco Bay Area will host the 2027 WNBA All-Star Game, the league announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The contest scheduled for July 31, 2027, at Chase Center will mark the first time the league\u2019s midsummer showcase has been held in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to bring AT&T WNBA All-Star to the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time,\u201d WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a news release. \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
The Valkyries (25-9) entered Tuesday with the league\u2019s second-best record, behind the Minnesota Lynx (29-7). Golden State went 23-21 and made the playoffs as an expansion team in 2025.<\/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 team president Jess Smith said. \u201cFrom day one, 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
The Shooting Stars event and 3-Point Contest will take place July 30 at Chase Center, airing on ESPN at 7 p.m. The All-Star Game will air at 7:30 p.m. the following day on ABC.<\/p>\n
Last week, Major League Baseball awarded its 2028 All-Star Game to San Francisco. The NBA held its All-Star Game at Chase Center in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are coming from across the world to visit our city, and we\u2019re excited to welcome even more for the 2027 WNBA All-Star Game,\u201d San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said. \u201cSan Francisco is the center of the sports world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Valkyries and the San Francisco Bay Area will host the 2027 WNBA All-Star Game, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-437007","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437007","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=437007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}