A planned Hawks promotional night drew ire from league stakeholders, prompting NBA intervention, and reshaping Atlanta\u2019s weekend spotlight.<\/p>\n
The NBA canceled the Atlanta Hawks\u2019 promotional event called \u201cMagic City Monday\u201d due to serious concerns raised by league stakeholders.<\/p>\n
The promotion was designed to honor the famous Atlanta adult venue \u2013 Magic City.<\/p>\n
The Hawks planned to mark the \u201chistoric cultural institution of the city\u201d during their next Monday home game against the Orlando Magic at State Farm Arena.<\/p>\n
NBA Decision and Official Position<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we learned about the Atlanta Hawks\u2019 planned promotion, we reached out to Hawks leadership to better understand their plans and motivations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Adam Silver<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we value the team\u2019s stance and their desire to move forward, we heard significant concerns from a broad spectrum of league stakeholders, including fans, partners and employees,\u201d Silver added. \u201cI believe canceling this promo night is the right decision for the broader NBA community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Adam Silver<\/p>\n
The Hawks expressed disappointment after the NBA\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we are very disappointed by the NBA\u2019s decision to cancel our Magic City Night promotion, we fully respect their decision. As a franchise we remain committed to celebrating the best in Atlanta \u2013 with authenticity \u2013 in ways that continue to bring us all together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Hawks<\/p>\n
The cancellation also followed public criticism from Spurs center Luka Kornet, who had previously urged the team to reexamine the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn its press release, the Hawks did not acknowledge that this venue, as the business itself asserts, is \u201cAtlanta\u2019s first strip club.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Luka Kornet<\/p>\n
\u201cWith that in mind, I would like to politely request that the Atlanta Hawks cancel this promo night with Magic City.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Luka Kornet<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NBA should strive to protect and respect women, many of whom work daily to make this league the best in the world. We should foster an atmosphere that protects and respects daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, and partners whom we know and love.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Luka Kornet<\/p>\n
CNN reached out to the Hawks for comment on Kornet\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A planned Hawks promotional night drew ire from league stakeholders, prompting NBA intervention, and reshaping Atlanta\u2019s weekend spotlight.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,42291,677,20953,6,84152,67,84153,84154,84155],"class_list":["post-650626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-hawks","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-atlantahawks","tag-basketball","tag-controversy","tag-hawks","tag-magic-city","tag-nba","tag-nba-atlanta-hawks-magic-city-promotion-cancellation-stakeholder-concerns-sports-branding-controversy","tag-news","tag-promotion-cancellation","tag-sports-branding","tag-stakeholder-concerns"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116204329294439017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}