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Downtown L.A. will host 2011 NBA All-Star game

The NBA is expected to announce today that the 2011 All-Star game will be held at Staples Center.

The event was also held in Los Angeles in 2004.

A news conference has been scheduled for this afternoon at Staples Center. Expected to attend are NBA Commissioner David Stern, AEG President Tim Leiweke and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.


-- Mike Bresnahan
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