{"id":650819,"date":"2026-03-10T12:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/650819\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:39:38","slug":"nba-cancels-hawks-magic-city-promotion-night-adam-silver-issues-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/650819\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Cancels Hawks&#8217; Magic City Promotion Night, Adam Silver Issues Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The NBA is cancelling the Atlanta Hawks&#8217; &#8220;Magic City&#8221; promo night that was slated for their March 16 contest against the Orlando Magic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">NBA commissioner Adam Silver released a statement on Monday, citing &#8220;significant concerns from a broad array of league stakeholders, including fans, partners and employees.&#8221; He added that cancelling the promotion &#8220;is the right decision for the broader NBA community.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The team issued a statement in response to the decision:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Hawks announced a &#8220;Magic City&#8221; promo night last month that was supposed to include a performance from Atlanta rapper T.I. and feature lemon pepper chicken wings on the concession menu. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In a <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/hawks\/news\/hawksto-celebrate-atlantas-iconic-cultural-institution-magic-city-during-the-teams-magic-city-monday-game-against-the-orlando-magic-on-monday-march-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">press release<\/a>, the Hawks described Magic City as an &#8220;iconic cultural institution.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;From the food to the music and the exclusive merchandise, we are excited to team up with Magic City to create an authentic, True to Atlanta-inspired game experience,&#8221; said Hawks executive vice president and chief marketing officer Melissa Proctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA is cancelling the Atlanta Hawks&#8217; &#8220;Magic City&#8221; promo night that was slated for their March 16&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,48,6,47,76,3883],"class_list":["post-650819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando-magic","tag-basketball","tag-magic","tag-nba","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlandomagic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116204926806814141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650819","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=650819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}