Heat and Kaseya Center to host 2028 NBA All-Star Weekend

Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald on Nov 9, 2026

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MIAMI — For the first time in nearly four decades, Miami will host NBA All-Star Weekend.

Miami will be the site for NBA All-Star Weekend in 2028, a source confirmed to the Miami Herald. Miami has hosted the league’s annual showcase event just once before, and that came in 1990 when the All-Star Game was held at Miami Arena.

Phoenix will host 2027 NBA All-Star Weekend at the Suns’ home arena, Mortgage Matchup Center, in February before Miami serves as the host in February 2028.

Why did it take 38 years for NBA All-Star Weekend to return to Miami?

Previous NBA All-Star Games were usually held on Presidents’ Day Weekend in February, which is the same weekend that the Miami International Boat Show is held. That conflict led to the long hiatus, with the boat show using the Miami Beach Convention Center and taking up a large chunk of hotel rooms in the area.

Moving All-Star Weekend to a different week to avoid the boat show conflict, which the NBA has been reluctant to do most years, wouldn’t eliminate all the logistical challenges. The NFL usually holds the Super Bowl the week before Presidents’ Day Weekend and Kaseya Center usually hosts "Premio Lo Nuestro," a Latin music awards show, during the week after Presidents’ Day Weekend.

The NBA is only holding All-Star Weekend in 2027 the weekend after Presidents' Day because the NFL moved the Super Bowl to Presidents’ Day Weekend in 2027 as part of what’s believed to be a one-off change.

But the Miami International Boat Show will be moving to a different weekend in 2028, according to a source, which opened up the possibility of Miami hosting NBA All-Star Weekend on Presidents’ Day Weekend that year. President’s Day Weekend in 2028 falls on Feb. 21, which means All-Star Saturday Night would be on Feb. 19 and the All-Star Game would be on Feb. 20.

The Heat did not put in a bid to host 2028 NBA All-Star Weekend and has also been reluctant to aggressively pursue hosting the league’s annual showcase event in past years because it is an NBA-controlled event that does not prioritize Heat fans/season-ticket holders/partners with tickets for All-Star Weekend events. Instead, most of the fans at NBA All-Star events are from different cities than the one hosting the weekend.

But with the Miami International Boat Show switched out of Presidents’ Day Weekend, the NBA approached the Heat about hosting All-Star Weekend in 2028.

The expectation is that All-Star Saturday Night and the All-Star Game in 2028 will both be held at Kaseya Center, and the Miami Beach Convention Center and Watsco Center on the University of Miami’s campus will host some of the other All-Star Weekend events. Among the other events are the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, the Rising Stars event, NBA All-Star Media Day, the G League Up Next Game and NBA Crossover (a multi-day interactive fan festival).

This news will be embraced by many around the NBA after cold-weather cities like Chicago (in 2020), Cleveland (in 2022), Salt Lake City (in 2023) and Indianapolis (in 2024) have been the home for recent All-Star Weekends in the middle of winter.

“If I could change something about All-Star Weekend, they wouldn’t be in cold cities anymore,” Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George said during 2024 All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis.

Even those who are usually in Miami during the NBA season will be pleased by the news.

“I think it would be dope just to have that,” Heat three-time NBA All-Star center Bam Adebayo said in 2024 when asked about the possibility of Miami hosting a future All-Star Game. ”As a matter of fact, we should just do it with the boat show. … I would love to have it in Miami just because I feel like our fans deserve it.”

Ticket information for 2028 NBA All-Star Weekend in Miami will be announced at a later date.

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Miami Herald sportswriter Barry Jackson contributed.