MLB All-Star Game Coming To Cleveland In 2019

CLEVELAND, OH -- The 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is coming back to Cleveland. The festivities will return to Progressive Field next year, the league announced this week. Fans can now sign-up for updates on next year's game.

The Tribe haven't hosted the All-Star Game since 1997, when Sandy Alomar Jr. hit a homer in the park and was named the game's MVP. Alomar Jr. is now the Indians' first base coach.

"We were here in October for the World Series," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said at a press conference last year. "And I know one thing for sure: Cleveland's a baseball town and it will be a great host for the Midsummer Classic. The All-Star Game is the premier event of the summer. We think of it as a five-day celebration of the greatest game in the world."

Tribe fans can now sign-up for updates on the upcoming All-Star Game.

This will be the first Cleveland All-Star Game since the 1997 iteration. Previous games were played in 1935, 1954, 1963 and 1981.

Progressive Field underwent a bevy of renovations which paved the way for the All-Star Game. The team now has the largest scoreboard in baseball, an updated Right Field District, a better sound system and more. Crain's Cleveland reports the renovations cost nearly $600 million.

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