STATE OF INDIANA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
INDIANAPOLIS
FOR: COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOR HOSTING THE 2021 NBA ALL-STAR GAME WEEK
TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS.
WHEREAS, the National Basketball Association (hereinafter, "NBA"), along with other NBA Affiliates, owns, produces, and controls the NBA All-Star Game Week, along with associated events (the "Official Events");
WHEREAS, the State of Indiana desires Indianapolis, Indiana, to be designated as the host of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week and has, within its jurisdiction and control, certain facilities, premises, access roads, thoroughfares, and other areas that may be used for the purposes of organizing, financing, promoting, accommodating, staging, and conducting the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week and related Official Events;
WHEREAS, the hosting of the NBA All-Star Game Week and Official Events will generate goodwill, enhance the worldwide renown and prestige of the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis, create temporary jobs, and create substantial financial economic and fiscal activity;
WHEREAS, the NBA has requested a declaration of support from the State of Indiana and has also required certain guarantees from the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis concerning the performance of reasonably necessary governmental services in connection with the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week and related Official Events as part of the formal bid made by Indianapolis, Indiana, to be designated as the site for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week; and
WHEREAS, the Indiana State Police, along with other state and local law enforcement agencies, are officially charged with the responsibility to provide certain public safety services within their respective jurisdictions.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ERIC J. HOLCOMB, by virtue of the authority vested in me as the Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby order the following:
1. The State of Indiana welcomes the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week and any related Official Events to our State and, to that end, hereby declares its full support of the efforts to have Indianapolis, Indiana, selected as the site for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week.
2. Upon designation of Indianapolis, Indiana, as the site for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week, and at all times thereafter, the State of Indiana, its agencies, departments and personnel, agree to provide all of the governmental services, including, without limitation, the following: public safety, security, fire and medical emergency, traffic, decorative display, and public works/street maintenance services and supplies that may be reasonably necessary to the success of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week and any related Official Events within the State of Indiana's jurisdiction. This would include all planning, training or deployment activities related to the provision of such services, all to be at no cost, expense or liability to the NBA or the participating players ("Players") (while, at the same time, recognizing that the provision of such services may be needed at below, equal to, or beyond the normal level and range of public safety services generally provided for events held within the jurisdiction due to the uniqueness and extraordinary scope of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week and related Official Events).
3. The State of Indiana hereby agrees that neither the NBA; the Teams; NBA Properties, Inc.; WNBA Enterprises, LLC; NBA Development League, LLC; NBA China, L.P.; the National Basketball Players Association; nor their respective affiliates and agents or other representatives of the NBA or the Players; shall be held accountable for, or incur any financial responsibility or liability of any kind or nature whatsoever in connection with, the governmental services planned and/or provided by the State of Indiana relating to the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week and related Official Events.
4. The State of Indiana hereby agrees to actively protect against unauthorized promotional activities from February 5, 2021 through February 15, 2021, which detract from, or interfere with, the promotional activities of the NBA in connection with the 2021 NBA All-Star Game Week and related Official Events.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, Eric J. Holcomb, have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Indiana on this 21st day of April, 2017.
Eric J. Holcomb,
Governor of Indiana
Posted: 07/12/2017 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20170712-IR-GOV170310EOA
Composed: May 02,2024 7:45:39PM EDT
A
PDF version of this document.
