{"id":233239,"date":"2025-10-18T06:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/233239\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:05:17","slug":"chicago-to-again-host-wnba-all-star-weekend-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/233239\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago to again host WNBA All-Star Weekend in 2026\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Women\u2019s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced that the City of Chicago has been selected to host the 2026 AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game, marking the second time the Windy City will welcome the league\u2019s premier midseason event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game will take place Saturday, July 25, at the United Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chicago Sky are thrilled to welcome the 2026 WNBA All-Star game back to Chicago.\u00a0 We\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0wait to build on the success of the\u00a0previous\u00a0All-Star game and celebrate the explosive growth of the league by\u00a0showcasing\u00a0the WNBA\u2019s biggest stars on a world-class stage,\u201d Chicago Sky Chief Executive Officer and President Adam Fox said in a statement. \u201cWe are so excited to welcome fans from around the globe to the WNBA All-Star game in our beautiful city with its storied basketball legacy. We are appreciative of everyone who worked with us to make this event happen.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WNBA-All-Star-2026-banner.-Image-courtesy-of-the-Chicago-Sky.jpg\" alt=\"WNBA All-Star 2026 banner. Image courtesy of the Chicago Sky\" class=\"wp-image-452384\"  \/>WNBA All-Star 2026 banner. Image courtesy of the Chicago Sky<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the All-Star game,\u00a0the 3-Point Contest and Kia WNBA Skills Challenge will take place Friday, July 24, at Wintrust Arena. Also, WNBA Live\u2014the league\u2019s interactive fan festival featuring player appearances, performances and\u00a0more\u2014will take place at McCormick Place; and community impact events highlighting the WNBA\u2019s commitment to youth engagement will take place around Chicago and at the Sky\u2019s new practice facility in Bedford Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the weekend was held at Chicago\u2019s Wintrust Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Women\u2019s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced that the City of Chicago has been selected to host the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434,1765],"class_list":["post-233239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-womens-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}