Braves to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta after losing 2021 festivities over Georgia voting laws

Truist Park, house of the Atlanta Braves, will host the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred introduced in a press convention Thursday afternoon all the way through the homeowners conferences. 

“I commend Terry McGuirk, Derek Schiller, the entire Braves organization and the Atlanta Sports Council for leading this effort,” Manfred stated. “As a model of success on and off the field, the Braves deserve to host the All-Star Game. Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta will provide fans a world-class experience in 2025. We look forward to working with the Braves and local leaders to deliver a memorable All-Star Week that brings people together and benefits the community in many ways.”

With the All-Star Game additionally comes a number of days value of a laugh, maximum significantly the Home Run Derby which takes position at the Monday night time. The All-Star Game is a Tuesday night time in July. 

This will mark the 3rd time that Atlanta has hosted the Midsummer Classic. Atlanta Stadium (later named Fulton County Stadium) hosted the development in 1972, the 7th season with the Braves in Atlanta after their transfer from Milwaukee. In 2000, the Braves’ quite new house, Turner Field, additionally hosted the once a year festivities. 

Recall that Truist Park used to be set to host the All-Star Game in 2021, however commissioner Rob Manfred made up our minds to transfer the development to Denver (Coors Field, house of the Rockies) in protest of a voting invoice via the Georgia State Legislature. The Braves ended up successful the World Series that season.

The All-Star Game this previous season used to be held in Seattle. In 2022, it used to be Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, which used to be initially intended to host the 2020 Midsummer Classic. That used to be clearly cancelled due to COVID-19’s affect at the season. Between that and transferring the 2021 recreation, there may be been some shuffling in contemporary years. Philadelphia has already been awarded the 2026 recreation to rejoice the United States of America’s Semiquincentennial (you’ll be able to say 250th anniversary, which is exponentially more straightforward). 

Now with having awarded Los Angeles and Atlanta new All-Star Games, all of the gaps were stuffed in via 2026. Moving ahead: 

When Major League Baseball pronounces the 2027 host, issues will once more really feel again to “normal.”