View From The Rafters: Behind the Scenes with the Boston Celtics17 Feb 2022

S2E3: BTS of Building All-Star Weekend in Cleveland

The NBA’s Executive Vice President of Global Events, Kelly Flatow, joins Marc D’Amico and Abby Chin to reveal the logistics that go into building All-Star weekend every year, some of her favorite All-Star memories, and she dives into some of the new events and celebrity performances that are taking place this weekend in Cleveland. Marc and Abby also discuss Jayson Tatum’s upcoming All-Star start, as well as Isaiah Thomas’ first All-Star game, and Marc somehow finding his way into the exclusive TNT Party at Chicago All-Star weekend.

1:25 – Marc and Abby discuss what they’re looking to learn about All-Star weekend from the NBA’s EVP of Global Events, Kelly Flatow
4:05 – Marc recalls his favorite memory from his All-Star weekend experiences
8:06 – Marc and Abby welcome Kelly Flatow to the conversation
10:21 – Kelly dives into the logistics that go into putting together All-Star weekend
17:35 – Kelly discusses the process of booking musical performers for All-Star weekend, and who will be performing in Cleveland
19:58 – The crew gets a preview of a new NFT art gallery the league is launching at All-Star weekend in Cleveland, and other new events the league is putting on
22:28 – Kelly recalls the moment she and her team were locked in a room in New Orleans as they and the league worked to move All-Star weekend from Charlotte to New Orleans
23:58 – Marc and Abby hit Kelly with a list of rapid fire questions, including best party at All-Star weekend
27:13 – Kelly drops her secret of something we might not otherwise know about Commissioner Adam Silver
31:58 – Marc describes what the exclusive TNT Party at NBA All-Star is like, and how he worked his way into the one in 2020 in Chicago
36:16 – Marc and Abby preview Jayson Tatum’s upcoming weekend at All-Star in Cleveland

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