NBA All-Star games generate a lot of revenue for the hosting team, which would have been Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Bobcats, as well as the state, but now another state will be reaping those benefits.
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The press conference, including Equality NC and the Human Rights Campaign, started at 9 a.m.at 2200 N. Brevard Street in uptown Charlotte. HB2 is the worst anti-LGBT bill in the nation. They include inclusion, diversity, respect and fairness for others and also provide a willingness to consider opposing views and listen.
“These companies are sending a message that we matter”, she said. “I guess we’ll see what happens from here now”. “Our city council is the one to blame for our losing the NBA All Star game, none of this would have happened if not for a very few minority forcing our supposed city leaders into creating a problem that never really existed, there will always be another election, they better pray a very few can get them re-elected”, his letter continued.
The NBA have now announced that they will move their popular All-Star game from Charlotte, North Carolina to another state, the location of which will be announced “in the coming weeks”.
“While we recognize that the National Basketball Association cannot choose the law in every city, state, and country in which we do business, we do not believe we can successfully host our All-Star festivities in Charlotte in the climate created by HB2”, an official statement from the league reads.
The league, led by Commissioner Adam Silver, had urged North Carolina to change the law, which requires people to use bathrooms in public buildings that correspond to their gender at birth. However, the league expressed an interest in rescheduling the event in the city for 2019. The ordinance broadly defined how businesses should treat gay, lesbian and transgender customers. Other cities, however, are reportedly trying to enter the sweepstakes. “And the warning bells about this law have been going off since before it was even signed”.
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“I am encouraged that Charlotte has the opportunity to hose the game in 2019 if changes to HB2 are made”, said Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts in a statement, “and I encourage the state to action as soon as possible”. Pat McCrory in a statement Thursday, “simply because most people believe boys and girls should be able to use school bathrooms, locker rooms and showers without the opposite sex present”.
