Atlanta to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game after outcry over Georgia's voting laws

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The MLB All-Star Game will return to Atlanta years after the event was removed from the city amid outcry over Georgia’s voting laws, Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday.

It will be the third time the city will host the game. It will take place at the Atlanta Braves’ ballpark – Truist Field. The last time the city hosted the Mid-Summer Classic was in 2000.

The decision came about two years after an outcry over Georgia’s voter laws. 

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The law in question was the Election Integrity Act of 2021 which placed new restrictions on voting by mail, added voter ID requirements and limited ballot drop boxes. It also mandates two Saturdays of early voting ahead of general elections, an increase from just one, and leaves two Sundays as optional. The law also bans outside groups from handing out food or water to those waiting in line to vote.

The ban on giving out food or water was partially stuck down by a federal judge back in August.

Manfred said back in 2021 that Atlanta would "certainly be an option at some point in the future," but not unless change "I would need to see" was made, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Manfred's decision to move the game out of Atlanta in 2021 came via pressure from Stacey Abrams, sources told Fox News Digital at the time.

Abrams told a senior league official that she wanted him to denounce the Georgia voting rights law, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. People associated with Rev. Al Sharpton's civil rights organization, and LeBron James's voting right group, "More than a Vote" also pressured league officials, according to