NBA All-Star 2027 in Phoenix: The Black-Owned Guide to All-Star Weekend

NBA All-Star 2027 is coming to Phoenix — Friday, February 19 through Sunday, February 21, 2027 — and it lands in the last week of Black History Month. Three days, one downtown arena, and somewhere north of a hundred thousand visitors with money in their pocket looking for somewhere to eat, drink, dance and sleep.

Oddusee Phoenix built this guide for one reason: so that money has somewhere Black to land. Every business below is a real, currently operating Valley business, and we tell you plainly which ones are confirmed Black-owned and which are simply the rooms where the culture shows up. We don’t blur that line. You deserve to know where your dollar is actually going.

The games run out of the Suns’ downtown building, now called Mortgage Matchup Center — the room you may still know as Footprint Center, and before that PHX Arena, US Airways Center and America West. It sits at 201 E. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, right in the middle of downtown.

• Friday, Feb. 19 — Rising Stars
• Saturday, Feb. 20 — All-Star Saturday Night: Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest, Slam Dunk
• Sunday, Feb. 21 — the 76th NBA All-Star Game
• All weekend — All-Star Practice, the Celebrity Game, NBA Crossover fan fest and NBA Cares events at venues around the city. The league has not confirmed venues yet; expect the fan fest downtown, most likely at the Phoenix Convention Center.

This is Phoenix’s fourth All-Star — 1975, 1995, 2009, and now 2027 — and the first since the light rail changed how you move through this city. Party programming starts early: local organizers have already announced a “Welcome to the Valley” kickoff on Thursday, Feb. 18, so plan for a four-night weekend, not a three-night one.

Fly into Sky Harbor, ride the free PHX Sky Train (runs 24 hours) to 44th St/Washington, catch the Valley Metro A Line westbound, and get off at 3rd St/Jefferson. You’re about a third of a mile from the arena door. Trains run roughly every 15–20 minutes, later on Friday and Saturday nights, and the daily fare tops out around four dollars — check valleymetro.org before you travel. A cab from the airport downtown usually runs $15–20.

Late February in Phoenix is the good season: highs around 71°F, lows around 49°F. Shirt sleeves at noon, a jacket by 8pm. Don’t get caught slipping on the night air.

Phoenix’s Black nightlife is spread out the way Black Phoenix itself is spread out — downtown, midtown, the West Valley, Tempe, Chandler, Mesa. These are the confirmed Black-owned rooms, starting with the ones you can walk or take one train stop to from the arena.

• Stadium Sports Bar & Lounge — 50 W. Jefferson St., Ste. 280 (inside CityScape). Black-owned, opened 2024. Big screens and wings by day, DJ and a dance floor at night. The closest Black-owned bar to the building. stadiumphx.com
• Spin Room (SpinRoom PHX) — same address, hidden upstairs. A dim little speakeasy with craft cocktails and throwback playlists. It has hosted All-Star weekend events before. IG: @spinroomphx
• LATHA Restaurant & Bar — 628 E. Adams St., Heritage Square. Pan-African cooking — African, Caribbean, Brazilian, Southern — from owner Evelia Davis, with DJ nights billed as “Vibe @ LATHA.” lathaphx.com
• Industry Standard — 128 E. Roosevelt St. Black-owned craft cocktail bar in the old Carly’s Bistro space on Roosevelt Row, opened 2025. Serious drinks, small plates, industry pricing late. industrystandardaz.com
• Tap That Downtown — 909 N. 5th St. Black-owned self-pour taproom, 35 taps, pay by the ounce. Also home to Black Gold Poetics nights.
• Midwest Wings XL — 201 E. Washington St., Ste. 109. Midwest comfort food, wings, loaded fries and frozen margaritas a block off the arena.

• The Boom Boom Room — 1544 E. McDowell Rd. Black-owned craft cocktail bar with murals of the greats and a bar that stocks Black-owned spirits. Tequila Tuesdays, R&B trivia Thursdays, live music the first Sunday of the month. Open to 2am on weekends.
• Sugarcane Lounge & Café — 2535 N. Central Ave., Ste. 103. Café by day, quiet and chic cocktail lounge by night. Live music and open mics.
• Plush Kitchen & Lounge — 711 S. Central Ave. Black-owned kitchen-and-lounge that opened in 2025, glass roll-up doors onto a big patio. Built for groups.
• Slate by Nik Fields — 8801 N. Central Ave., #104. Wine bar from Food Network chef Nik Fields, who also opened Arizona’s first Black-owned wine bar. Charcuterie, cocktails, weekend brunch.
• Lush Café and Lounge — 7470 S. Priest Dr., Tempe. Upscale hip-hop and R&B lounge and dining room. One of the East Valley’s most photographed grown-and-sexy rooms. (480) 590-5755
• Warren’s Supper Club — 1040 N. 54th St., Chandler. A 1930s-style supper club from Larry “Lo-Lo” and Rasheedah White of Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles. Neon stage, live jazz and R&B, raw bar. Open to midnight Fri–Sat.
• 309 Sports Lounge — 2050 W. Guadalupe Rd., Mesa. Black-owned sports lounge, open to 1am on weekends, and home of the long-running Poetic Soul spoken-word night on Wednesdays.
• Ocho Rios Jerk Spot — 4220 W. Northern Ave., Phoenix and 13291 W. McDowell Rd., Goodyear. Caribbean restaurant that runs like a venue: Irie Hour Fri/Sat, Rum Punch & Brunch Sundays, dancehall, soca and Afrobeats nights.
• Stacy’s @ Dunlap Bar & Lounge — inside Let It Roll Bowl, 8925 N. 12th St. Black-owned 32-lane bowling and entertainment center with a full lounge and cosmic bowling to 1am.
• Richkat Mobile Cigars — the Valley’s Black-owned cigar operation. There is no Black-owned brick-and-mortar cigar lounge in metro Phoenix, so if you want cigars at your All-Star event, you book them to come to you. richkatmobilecigars.com

These rooms are where the culture goes, but they are not Black-owned, and we’re not going to tell you they are. Go, enjoy yourself, and know the difference: The Womack (5749 N. 7th St., live soul and funk four nights a week), Samsara Restaurant & Lounge (901 N. 4th St., hookah, R&B and spades), Oasis Old Town (4441 N. Buckboard Trail, Scottsdale), Pretty Please Lounge (4426 N. Saddlebag Trail, Scottsdale), and Blue Martini at Desert Ridge, where Rock and Soul Sundays is the night. Westside Blues, Jazz & More in Glendale is the West Valley’s live blues and soul room.

All-Star weekend is a promoter’s weekend. The venue matters less than who has the room that night — so here are both.

• 11:11 Nightclub — 4280 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Unit 100, Old Town Scottsdale. Hip-hop, R&B and dancehall in the former INTL space, reported as Black-owned and the most celebrity-heavy Black room in Scottsdale. Dress up. (480) 213-9500
• Legacy Lounge / Snkrheadz — 3002 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler. Black-owned late-night room with DJs and a dance floor, open to 2am. Call ahead: the room has been operating under both names.
• Walter Where?House — 702 N. 21st Ave. The big industrial event space that hosts The Family Reunion, Arizona’s largest Juneteenth event. If somebody throws a proper Black day party at scale during All-Star, expect it here.
• Coopertreez Marketing Group — the Valley’s most visible Black hip-hop, R&B and Afrobeats promoter. Runs Spinroom Saturdays downtown and has been rebuilding its Sunday day party since Bar Smith closed in early 2026. Follow @coopertreez before you book anything.
• Ocho Rios’ party calendar — the most reliable weekly Caribbean rotation in the metro. Rum Punch & Brunch on Sundays, Reverse Brunch Saturdays in Goodyear, Fridayz After Work.
• Poetic Soul — Wednesdays at 309 Sports Lounge, Mesa. Spoken word, singers and comedians with a live house band. One of the longest-running soulful nights in the Valley.
• R&B Only Live — the national touring R&B party that regularly stops at The Van Buren, 401 W. Van Buren St. Watch their calendar for an All-Star date.

A note on closures: Bar Smith and Monarch Theatre, two downtown clubs that hosted a lot of Black nightlife, both closed in February 2026. If an out-of-date list sends you to 130 or 122 E. Washington, that room is gone.

Let’s be straight with you, because nobody else will be: we could not confirm a single Black-owned gentlemen’s club in metro Phoenix. Anyone who tells you otherwise on All-Star weekend is selling you a flyer. What Phoenix does have is one club that is unmistakably the urban room, and a state law that splits the clubs into two kinds. Know both before you spend.

How Arizona works: fully nude rooms generally serve no alcohol and admit 18+. Topless rooms hold a liquor license and are 21+. A couple of clubs run both formats under one roof. Decide which night you want before you pick the room.

• Jaguars Club — 1902 N. Black Canyon Hwy. The urban room, full stop. Nude entertainment with a full bar (no alcohol after 2am), six stages, hookah, kitchen open until close. “R&B and Chill” every Monday, Ladies Night Wednesdays. Open to 4am Friday and Saturday. Named Best Strip Club by Phoenix New Times in 2024, which noted the rap and pro-athlete crowd. Dress code is enforced. Not Black-owned — but this is the Black-crowd club. (602) 352-0240
• Le Girls — 5151 E. Washington St. Thirty years in, and the clearest example of the two-format split: a fully nude showroom (no alcohol, 18+) and a topless showroom with a full bar (21+) under one roof. Around 50 dancers a night across seven stages, 3pm–4am daily. (602) 244-8000
• Dream Palace Cabaret — 815 N. Scottsdale Rd., Tempe. Fully nude, 18+, and open until 8am — the only real after-hours room in the area. If your All-Star night doesn’t end when the clubs close, this is where it goes. (480) 921-8870
• Sugar 44 Cabaret — 4420 E. Thomas Rd. Topless with a full bar, small neighborhood room, no cover before 7pm. Mon–Fri from noon, weekends from 1pm, close at 2am.
• Bandaids Show Lounge — 2548 N. 7th St. Full bar, open 10am–2am daily, heavy on sports — NFL, Suns, PPV fights. Free cover Sunday and Monday.
• Sonny’s — 19011 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler. Topless, forty years in business, VIP room by the hour, daily to 2am. (480) 963-6632
• Christie’s Cabaret — 44 N. 32nd St., Phoenix and 1675 W. Baseline Rd., Tempe. Two rooms, both open to 3am.
• Blue Moon — 2911 E. Van Buren St. Bills itself as the longest-standing adult club in Phoenix; open to 4am most nights. (602) 267-0005

None of the clubs above are confirmed Black-owned. Call ahead on All-Star weekend — covers, dress codes and hours all change when a hundred thousand visitors hit town.

This is where Black Phoenix is deepest. There are dozens of Black-owned trucks and mobile kitchens in the Valley, and most of them post their week’s locations on Instagram — so follow the ones you want before you land, because on All-Star weekend they will be parked wherever the crowd is.

• King’s Plate Arizona — 1638 S. 7th St. Soul food and comfort plates. IG: @kings_plate_arizona
• Ms. C’s Home Style — home-style Southern cooking. tastemscs.com · (602) 486-6957
• Mr. Wonderful’s Chicken & Waffles — exactly what it says. (502) 329-1885
• Detroit Soul Food Sistas On The Go — Detroit-style soul food on wheels. IG: @detroit_soulfoodsistasonthego
• Freestyllez — 4728 E. Van Buren St. Halal-friendly soul food. IG: @freestyllez
• Hint of Soul — soul food catering if you’re feeding a suite or an Airbnb full of people. (480) 712-2580

• Ace of Wingz — 8052 N. 19th Ave. Started as a truck, grew into a storefront, still known for flavors nobody else is doing. aceofwingz.com
• Kingpin BBQ — BBQ and soul food, truck plus catering. kingpinbbq.com · (800) 679-7040
• Sweet Magnolia Smokehouse — 4929 E. Chandler Blvd., #405. Mississippi-style BBQ since 2011. (623) 221-2608
• Beerded BBQ — parked at Pinnacle Brewing, 15111 N. Hayden Rd. #100, Scottsdale. BBQ at a brewery, which is its own kind of day party. IG: @beerdedbbqaz
• Randizzle’s — burgers and BBQ from chef Randy Gatewood. (480) 326-4435
• Turkey Burger Boss — creative turkey burgers. IG: @turkeyburgerboss
• QFire Catering / The BBQ Daddy — BBQ catering for private events. thebbqdaddy.com

• Lasgidi Cafe — Nigerian-American: jollof, suya, plantain. Billed as the Valley’s first woman-owned Nigerian-American food truck. lasgidicafe.com
• Island Boyz Jerk Spot — 1900 E. 5th St., Tempe. Jamaican jerk, a fixture on the Arizona festival circuit. (602) 672-7633
• Hot Pot Caribbean Cuisine — 2081 N. Arizona Ave. #132, Chandler. Truck, restaurant and catering. (480) 722-7577
• Island Sensation Cuisine — Caribbean island plates. (602) 279-5866
• Maya’s Cajun Kitchen — 659 E. Main St., Mesa. Vegan Cajun and Creole: gumbo, po’boys, plant-based boils.
• Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen — Louisiana cooking, mobile. (480) 540-7872
• Zydeco’s Louisiana Kitchen — Cajun truck. (480) 371-0273
• Bayou Bistro AZ — soul food with a Cajun twist.

• Trash Panda Vegan Truck — plant-based comfort food. IG: @trashpandavegan · (602) 612-3578
• Hot Sauce N Pepper — vegan soul food, spice-forward. hotsaucenpepper.com
• Nana’s Kitchen — 777 N. Arizona Ave., Ste. 7, Chandler. Vegan soul food. nanaskitchenaz.com
• Flavors Plant Based Cuisine — vegan truck. (480) 216-3240
• Tutu’s Hawaiian Shave Ice — the Valley’s snowball answer. (602) 434-5695
• Cutie’s Lemonade — Black-owned lemonade brand with Tempe and Mesa locations plus event service. cutieslemonade.com
• A.T. Oasis Coffee & Tea — 4613 E. Thomas Rd. Ethiopian coffee. (602) 957-2054

Also rolling and Black-owned: Kravins (Philly cheesesteaks), Fam’s Express (fried fish), Macology (mac bowls, Guadalupe), Buzznbeez, Tempura Takeover, Duke AZ Chicago Chicken, The Chicago Dawg House, Charlie’s Backyard BBQ, Smoke Somethin BBQ, Bad 2 The Bone BBQ, Kisup In Smoke, Sloppy Jae’s, Ray Tay’s, The Flavatrap House, The Soul Pharmacy, Goddess Garden and 28 Still Cooking on Wheels.

Two warnings before you book anything. First, “black car service” is an industry term for a livery sedan — it says nothing about who owns the company. Half the Phoenix results with “Black” in the name are white-owned. Second, verified Black-owned transportation in this market is thin, so book early — All-Star weekend will clean out the fleets.

• Blasian Limousine & Transportation — Scottsdale. The strongest option in the Valley by a distance: Sprinter and Transit vans, mini buses, motor coaches, charter buses, stretch limos and SUVs, plus group airport transfers, event shuttles and ADA-accessible vehicles. Veteran- and minority-owned, and a member of the Black Chamber of Arizona. blasianllc.com · (602) 830-7779 · text (855) 556-0464
• Lady Kay’s Transportation LLC — Phoenix. Black-owned transportation service listed under party bus rentals. The one confirmed Black-owned party-bus lead in the metro. (480) 729-9486
• Book Burton — luxury chauffeur service for airport transfers and events, listed with the Black Chamber of Arizona under a Phoenix record. Confirm the Phoenix footprint when you call. bookburton.com · (877) 504-4634

We looked hard for a Black-owned exotic car rental and a Black-owned trucking or hauling company in metro Phoenix, and neither is documented anywhere public — the Black Chamber of Arizona’s directory has no logistics members at all. If that’s you and you’re out here operating, we want you in this guide. Scroll to the bottom.

Here’s the honest picture. There is no Black-owned hotel inside the city limits of Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe or Mesa. The Black-owned hotel rooms in this metro are on the West Valley edge, and they are worth the drive if putting your money in Black hands matters to you.

Phoenix’s most famous Black-owned lodging, the Swindall Tourist Inn at 1021 E. Washington St. — the Green Book house that took in Black travelers during segregation — is still standing, but it’s a business incubator now, not a hotel. Go see it anyway.

• Comfort Suites Glendale — State Farm Stadium Area, 9824 W. Camelback Rd., Glendale. 100 rooms, owned by Ernie Adair and Larry C. Tripplett of Boot Group Inc. About 20–25 minutes from the downtown arena and right by Westgate. This is the single most All-Star-usable Black-owned hotel in the metro.
• Comfort Suites Goodyear, 15575 W. Roosevelt St., Goodyear. 84 rooms, same ownership. Cheaper base rates, about 35–40 minutes out.
• Homewood Suites by Hilton Phoenix – Metro Center, 2536 W. Beryl Ave. Developed by Capstone Development, founded by Norman K. Jenkins, and about 10 minutes north of downtown. Worth noting that Capstone’s own site now files it under a historical portfolio, so confirm current ownership if that’s your deciding factor.

• The Corley Group Travel — Phoenix. Black-owned full-service travel agency that will book the whole All-Star package for you. thecorleygroupllc.com · (888) 379-7404
• Cherry Moon Travel — Phoenix, owner Rosie Forest. Black-owned travel and group-event planning, down to branded merch for the crew. cherrymoontravel.com · IG: @cherrymoontravel
• Montavares Travel Group — Gilbert. Black-owned East Valley agency, good if your people are basing in Gilbert, Chandler or Mesa. montavarestravels.com · (480) 326-6496
• Dream Vacations — Karen Coleman-Ostrov & Associates — Gilbert. Black-owned franchise specializing in group and celebration travel. (480) 646-4969
• The Black-Owned Airbnb List (blackairbnbs.co, IG @blackairbnbs), Noirbnb and Innclusive — search these directly. Phoenix stock is thin today but it turns over, and new hosts get added constantly.
• The Jenesis House — Sedona, about two hours north. Arizona’s first Black woman-owned, adults-only wellness resort, four acres in the red rocks. Not an All-Star base — but if you’re flying in from out of state, make it the Monday you don’t regret. thejenesishouse.com

Phoenix has done this before. During Super Bowl LVII in February 2023, metro hotels hit $538 average nightly rate at 87% occupancy, with 22 hotels over $1,000 on the Saturday. Short-term rentals ran roughly four times a normal February weekend, averaging around $1,000 a night in prime locations.

Two things make February 2027 worse: February is already Phoenix’s peak season, and Cactus League spring training is expected to start February 19–20 — the same weekend, pulling on the same rooms across Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale and Tempe. Book by mid-2026, take the refundable rate, and if you book a private rental, confirm the host holds a City of Phoenix short-term rental license. Unlicensed listings are the ones that get cancelled on you the week of.

All-Star weekend ends three days before Black History Month does. Most of the Black history in this city sits within a mile east of the arena — walking distance, or one light rail stop.

• Eastlake Park — 1549 E. Jefferson St. Phoenix’s oldest park and, for over a century, the center of African American life in this city. Booker T. Washington spoke here in 1911. Still where the MLK Day and Juneteenth celebrations happen.
• George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center — 415 E. Grant St. Opened in 1926 as the segregated Phoenix Union Colored High School. Heads up: hours are Mon–Thu 9am–2pm and Fri 9am–noon, so it is closed on All-Star Saturday and Sunday. Call (602) 675-4755 about special weekend hours.
• Historic Tanner Chapel A.M.E. Church — 20 S. 8th St. Arizona’s oldest African American congregation; Dr. King spoke here in 1964. Sunday worship at 10am — yes, on All-Star Sunday.
• Black Theatre Troupe / Helen K. Mason Performing Arts Center — 1333 E. Washington St. Founded in 1970, two blocks from Eastlake Park, still running a full season.
• Swindall Tourist Inn — 1021 E. Washington St. The only remaining segregation-era hotel that served Black travelers in Phoenix.
• First Institutional Baptist Church (1141 E. Jefferson St., 1910) and Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church (1401 E. Jefferson St., 1930) — both still active.

And two organizations worth knowing while you’re here: the Black Chamber of Arizona (blackchamberaz.org), founded in 1995, and The Arizona Informant (azinformant.org), the state’s only African American-owned weekly newspaper, founded in 1971 by Cloves C. Campbell Sr. — Arizona’s first Black state senator — and Dr. Charles R. Campbell.

Oddusee builds city guides for Black business, city by city — New Orleans, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, and now Phoenix. We list the lounges, the trucks, the barbers, the boutiques, the promoters and the people who keep a city moving, and we put them in front of visitors who are looking to spend.

One hundred thousand-plus people are coming to Phoenix in February 2027. Every one of them is going to search for somewhere to eat, drink, ride and sleep. You want to be in the results.

If you own a Black business in the Valley — especially if you’re a trucking, hauling, exotic rental, short-term rental or event operator, the categories where Phoenix has the thinnest public record — reach out and get listed. Free to be included, and we verify before we publish, because that’s the whole point of this guide.

Oddusee Phoenix — oddusee.com/phoenix. Tell us who you are and we’ll put you on the map before the world gets here.