Major League Baseball is moving its All-Star Game out of Atlanta after Georgia enacted new voting restrictions two weeks ago. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced in a statement Friday. (Politico)
The 2021 MLB draft, a new addition to All-Star Game festivities this year, will also be relocated. (ESPN)
Manfred previously said he made the call to move the events after discussions with individual players and the Players Alliance, an organization of Black players formed after the death of George Floyd last year. A new ballpark for the events wasn’t immediately revealed. (AP)
The “estimated lost economic impact” from the relocation is more than $100 million, according to a statement from Holly Quinlan, president and CEO of Cobb Travel and Tourism. (CNN)
The decision came after President Joe Biden expressed support for it, but as for his predecessor, Donald Trump followed up his latest rant against the 2020 election with a call to boycott all of the companies opposing the Georgia law. (Mediaite)