By DJ Harding –
The WNBA recently announced that the 224 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will feature a matchup between the WNBA All-Stars who comprise the USA Basketball Women’s NAtional Team versus the remaining WNBA All-Stars.
The Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, home of the three time WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury, is the location of the league’s 20th All-Star Game which will be played on Saturday July 20 at 8:30 pm EST.
Adding to the celebration sending off the WNBA Players selected to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics, the AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will be the centerpiece of two days filled with WNBA activities.
Those events will include ESPN’s presentation of the Starry WNBA 3-Point Contest and the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge on Friday, July 19 at 9pm EST at the Footprint Center.
Phoenix also will be hosting the third annual WNBA Live presented by U.S Bank. The league’s two-day fan festival, which will celebrate the intersection of the WNBA, fashion, music, and culture, will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center from July 19-20.
The USA Basketball Women’s National Team will compete for an historic eighth consecutive gold medal in Paris this summer and at a later date there will be further details regarding the selection of the All-Stars.