Colorado to host MLB All-Star Game after Georgia voting law prompts pullout
By Amy Tennery
FILE PHOTO: MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies
(Reuters) – Colorado Rockies’ stadium Coors Field will host July’s All-Star Game, Major League Baseball (MLB) 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.