Indiana Fever to Host WNBA All-Star 2025

Indianapolis will host the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game and assorted festivities around Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the first time the city will have hosted the midseason showcase.

The WNBA season resumes tonight after its Olympic break with the Indiana Fever playing Friday against the Phoenix Mercury. The Fever, with young stars Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston, are in seventh place and in position to make the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

The announcement is the latest in a series of major events heading to Indianapolis in 2025 including a WWE Royal Rumble, NFL Combine and multiple NCAA championship events plus the Big Ten Championship Game in football at the end of the year. Indianapolis this past year already hosted the NBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and USA Swimming Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium.

“We are in the middle of a pivotal, transformational moment in the history of the WNBA and women’s basketball, and we are thrilled Indiana will be the center of it all with the game’s biggest stars on display during next season’s All-Star Game,” said Mel Raines, chief executive officer of Pacers Sports & Entertainment. “Leaders across our community are going to do what we do best: welcome fans from around the nation and the globe to Indiana, raise the bar for future host cities, and leave a lasting legacy for our city and state.”

The 21st All-Star Game will be July 19, 2025.  The day before will be a 3-point contest and skills challenge along with WNBA Live, a two-day fan festival. The 2024 All-Star Game in front of a sold-out crowd of 16,407 at Footprint Center in Phoenix was the most-watched WNBA All-Star Game ever.

“We are excited to bring AT&T WNBA All-Star to Indiana for the first time,” said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. “The city of Indianapolis and the entire state of Indiana have such an incredible and enduring passion for the game of basketball, making the region the perfect host to celebrate the WNBA and the game’s greatest stars.”