NBA All Star Game 2010

The NBA All Star Game 2010 will be played on February 14, 2010 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Dallas Mavericks will serve as host. This will be the second time the organization will serve as host of the All-Star showdown. Reunion Arena in Downtown Dallas was the site of the All-Star Game in 1986. The game will be the 59th annual All-Star Game. It will be the first All-Star contest to be played in a football stadium since 1996 when San Antonio's Alamodome served host. Commissioner David Stern, Mavs owner Mark Cuban, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made the announcement at a news conference on October 30, 2008. During the 2009 NBA Dunk Contest, LeBron James announced that he would like to participate in the 2010 NBA Dunk Contest.