League re-lists Mexico City as regular-season venue due to nearly 3-year shutdown due to coronavirus

2022-08-08 17:19

League re-lists Mexico City as regular-season venue due to nearly 3-year shutdown due to coronavirus


According to reports, due to the raging new crown epidemic, the league has suspended its regular games in Mexico City for three years. Today, the league officially plans to return to Mexico City next season and include the city as a regular season venue.


In 2019, the Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs played 2 games in the famous Mexico City sports arena, and that time was also the biggest game in North America's largest city since the Miami Heat in 2017. first game. It is reported that about 20 million fans gathered in that incomparably grand event.


According to the league's official regular season plan, the new 2022-2023 season Spurs and the Heat will go to Mexico City for a league regular season on December 18. That game will count as the Spurs as the home team. The team is the away team, and it is believed that millions of Mexican fans will attend the return game.