The city of Atlanta offered to host the 2017 NBA All-Star game after the league threatened to move the game from Charlotte after the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 2 last week, which removed parts of Charlotte’s anti-discrimination ordinance.  

The NBA, Apple, Google and Bank of America have denounced the North Carolina government for creating the bill, which they say opens up doors for people to legally discriminate against the LGBT. 

According to WNCN, an NBA representative said the organization appreciates the offer but still hopes the league can reach an agreement with the North Carolina government. 

“We are deeply concerned that this discriminatory law runs counter to our guiding principles of equality and mutual respect and do not yet know what impact it will have on our ability to successfully host the 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte,” read an NBA statement cited by WNCN.

When Charlotte earned the bid to host the 2017 game in 2015, it agreed to spend $600,000 general tax dollars on the game, and the total incentive package equaled about $5.9 million, WNCN reported. 

Bank of America, which has its headquarters in Charlotte, became the largest United States’ company to call for the repeal of HB2 when it tweeted its opposition to the bill Tuesday. 

The company’s CEO Bryan Moynihan will add his name to a letter addressed to Gov. Pat McCrory calling on him to repeal the bill. More than 80 company CEOs have signed onto the letter, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.