NBA Pulls 2017 All-Star Game From North Carolina

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July 22, 2016

In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015 photo NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference to announce Charlotte, North Carolina, as the site of the 2017 NBA All-Star basketball game. (Chuck Burton/AP)

After months of deliberation the NBA has decided to move the 2017 All-Star game from Charlotte because of the North Carolina’s law barring anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Keri Geiger of Bloomberg News about the business implications of the NBA’s decision to move the All-Star Game.

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Keri Geiger, investigative reporter for Bloomberg News. She tweets @GeigerWire.

This segment aired on July 22, 2016.

NBA Pulls 2017 All-Star Game From North Carolina

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