The Hawks and Magic will face one another in the NBA’s 2023 Mexico City Game, the league announced today in a press release. The regular season contest will take place on Thursday, November 9 at the Arena CDMX.
According to the NBA’s announcement, it will be the league’s 32nd game played in Mexico since 1992, including both the regular season and preseason. Outside of the U.S. and Canada, no country has hosted more NBA games during that time.
The Magic have competed a few times in Mexico City, including twice during the 2018/19 season, but it will be the Hawks’ first visit to the city.
Mexico City has been a frequent destination for NBA regular season games in recent years. The league held a pair of regular season contests in the city each year for four consecutive seasons from 2016-19. Following a COVID-related hiatus, the NBA returned to Mexico last December, when Miami faced San Antonio.
The Spurs participated in each of the two most recent games in Mexico City, but it appears that fans south of the border won’t get the opportunity to see No. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama in person during his rookie year, assuming the league doesn’t have plans to separately announce a second Mexico City game.
The NBA will play at least two regular season contests outside of the U.S. and Canada in 2023/24 — the league announced a week ago that Brooklyn and Cleveland would square off in Paris.
Cool
Go Magic….
andiamo mexico.
When are we getting a game in Wuhan?!?