On January 23, 2006, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the event to be held during the 2006–07 season would take place at American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Stars.

Following the adoption of a new collective bargaining agreement that ended the lockout, the league and the NHLPA agreed not to hold All-Star Games in the years they would send NHL players to the Winter Olympics.

While Atlanta would get a make-up date in 2008, the Montreal Canadiens were already set to host in 2009 as part of the team's centennial celebrations, and 2010 would again be without a game due to the Olympics.

Among notable opponents of the campaign were Phoenix Coyotes head coach Wayne Gretzky[3] as well as Hockey Night in Canada commentator Don Cherry.

Slate suggested that Fitzpatrick had the requisite number of votes and that the NHL altered the results in reaction to ballot stuffing by an automatic script.