(Atlanta, GA) A Georgia tourism official says Major League Baseball s decision to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta will have a 100-million dollar impact. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday that the All-Star game and draft won t be held in Atlanta, in response to a new law critics say will make it harder to vote. Holly Quilan is CEO and president of Cobb Travel and Tourism. She said losing revenue for the eight-thousand Atlanta-area hotel rooms contracted to Major League Baseball will hurt the hospitality industry and other local businesses.
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