Atlanta has been awarded the 2021 major league Baseball All-Star Game, which will be played at the Braves’ SunTrust Park. It will be the very first time Atlanta has held the Midsummer traditional because 2000, when Turner field staged the game. The city likewise held 1972, when Hank Aaron hit a two-run house run to lead Camiseta Yokohama F. Marinos the Camiseta Inter Milan national league to victory.
SunTrust has been the Braves’ house because 2017 as well as will hold its very first All-Star Game. “Major league Baseball is delighted to award our 2021 All-Star game to the Braves as well as the city of Atlanta, which partnered on a compelling All-Star Week bid,” stated MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. “We look ahead to showcasing the very best of our sport as well as the Braves’ new home, SunTrust Park, to a worldwide audience.”
Braves Chairman Terry McGuirk said: “When we developed SunTrust Park as well as The Battery Atlanta we visualized our complex would be the ideal setting for an All-Star game as well as we are thrilled to be able to showcase the ballpark, Cobb region as well as the city of Atlanta to the world. We would like to say thanks to Commissioner Rob Manfred, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Dan Corso from the Atlanta sports Council, William Pate from the Atlanta Convention as Camiseta Olympique Lyonnais well as visitors Bureau, Cobb region Chairman Mike Boyce as well as all the Cobb commissioners for their efforts in assisting us protected this premiere event for our community.”
The 2019 game will be staged at Progressive field in Cleveland. In 2020, the game will be held at Dodger stadium in Los Angeles.
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