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Charlotte to host 2019 All-Star Game

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The NBA announced on Wednesday that the 2019 All-Star Game will be held in Charlotte, two years after it was originally scheduled for 2017 and later moved due to North Carolina's controversial HB2 law, which came under heavy criticism from LGBTQ and social justice advocates. The bill set off a wave of protests and boycotts, which ranged from Bruce Springsteen to children's book authors to Paypal.

Eventually, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill revising elements of the bill.