By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-03-09 16:54:27
2026 年 1 月 15 日星期四，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 在霜冻银行中心对阵密尔沃基雄鹿队的比赛前上场热身。
马刺队中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 在他反对亚特兰大老鹰队所谓“魔术城之夜 (Magic City Night)”的长期抗争中取得了胜利。
NBA 周一表示，将取消老鹰队原定于 3 月 16 日举行的场内宣传活动，该活动涉及亚特兰大地区标志性的脱衣舞俱乐部。
“当我们获悉亚特兰大老鹰队的预定宣传活动时，我们联系了老鹰队管理层，以进一步了解他们的计划和初衷，”联盟总裁亚当·肖华 (Adam Silver) 在一份声明中表示。“虽然我们理解球队的初衷及其推进意愿，但我们收到了来自包括球迷、合作伙伴和员工在内的广泛联盟利益相关者的重大关切。我相信取消这项活动是对整个 NBA 社区而言正确的决定。”
科内特一直是该活动的激烈反对者，他利用自己的博客以及随后的媒体采访，要求老鹰队废除该计划。
“这确实无法代表我本人以及我所知道的许多其他 NBA 业内人士的感受，”科内特上周表示。
老鹰队及该活动的其他支持者辩称，“魔术城”不仅仅是亚特兰大社区的一个脱衣舞俱乐部，并称其是一个文化中心，在过去的二十年里，它开启了多位唱片销量达数百万张的艺人的职业生涯。
该主题之夜原定为“家长指引级 (PG-rated)”，特色内容包括该俱乐部著名的柠檬胡椒鸡翅、特别款 T 恤和周边商品销售，以及由亚特兰大说唱歌手 T.I. 带来的中场表演。
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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NBA scuttles promotion celebrating Atlanta strip club
San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) walks on the court to warm up before the game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.
Spurs center Luke Kornet has prevailed in his crusade against the Atlanta Hawks’ so-called “Magic City Night.”
The NBA on Monday said it was canceling the Hawks’ in-arena promotion involving the iconic Atlanta-area strip club that had been scheduled for March 16.
“When we became aware of the Atlanta Hawks’ scheduled promotion, we reached out to Hawks leadership to better understand their plans and rationale," league commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "While we appreciate the team’s perspective and their desire to move forward, we have heard significant concerns from a broad array of league stakeholders, including fans, partners and employees. I believe canceling this promotion is the right decision for the broader NBA community.”
Kornet was an outspoken opponent of the promotion, using his blog and subsequent media interviews to request the Hawks scuttle the plans.
“It didn’t really represent what I know myself and a lot of others in the NBA felt,” Kornet said last week.
The Hawks and other proponents of the promotion argued Magic City was more than a strip club in the Atlanta community, citing its place as a cultural hub that launched the careers of several multi-million selling artists over the past two decades.
The night was expected to be PG-rated, featuring the club’s famous lemon pepper chicken wings, special T-shirt and merchandise sales and a halftime performance by Atlanta rapper T.I.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News