The Colorado Rockies' Coors Field will host July's All-Star Game, Major League Baseball said on Tuesday, after the annual event was relocated from Atlanta in protest over Georgia's new voting restrictions.
MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred on Friday ordered the sport to relocate its 2021 All-Star Game after Georgia instituted the new voting rules, which Republican politicians endorsed but critics have said aim to suppress voting among Black people and other racial minorities who tend to vote Democratic.
"Major League Baseball is grateful to the Rockies, the City of Denver and the State of Colorado for their support of this summer’s All-Star Game," Manfred said in a written statement.