Major League Baseball plans to move its All-Star Game to Denver after the league announced Friday that it would withdraw the game from Atlanta in protest of the state’s new restrictive voting laws.
The league is scheduled to announce Tuesday that the game, scheduled for July 13, will take place at Coors Field, home of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA, it reported Monday evening quoting a person with knowledge of the decision.
The city of Denver began lobbying to host the game after MLB announced it would withdraw competition from Atlanta, according to Yahoo Finance.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said at the outset that his city was “ready to host” the game, citing the city’s “progressive voting system.”
“We are proud to welcome you and talk about the progressive voting system in Denver, which is determined to make sure no one, no one restricts your right to vote,” Hancock told Yahoo Finance.
“We will show it, but most importantly, we can show in Major League Baseball that we are ready and prepared to welcome them [the All-Star Game] in July, if they still choose us, “he added.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the decision to withdraw the game from the Atlanta stars in a statement Friday, writing “Major League Baseball fundamentally supports the voting rights of all Americans and opposes ballot box restrictions “.
Manfred said the decision was made after talks with teams and players who found moving the game away from Peach State was “the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport.”
Last month, the government of Georgia. Brian Kemp
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The legislation also makes it a crime for people to hand out water or food to people queuing, claiming that these provisions are a form of gift that should be banned.