The NBA All-Star Game and all the attendant weekend festivities come to San Francisco this year with the Golden State Warriors hosting the contest on their home court at Chase Center.

It's amazing how many people will travel great distances just to be in the vicinity of the game. Ed and Cherry Fernandez live in Bermuda and were visiting New York when they flew to San Francisco–with no tickets–in the hopes of watching the game.

The NBA All-Star Game is an economic success for the sport but the game has declined in popularity, with a format change coming this year in San Francisco.

It was six hours before game time and people were already filing into the Thrive City plaza outside the Chase Center.

Welcome NBA Fans! With the All-Star game in the rearview mirror, we’re officially two months until the NBA playoffs. It will be interesting to see how the stars that were dealt with at the deadline impact how their team will perform in the final stretch and how the play-in race takes form.