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‘MLB Robbed The Small Businesses Of Atlanta’: Powerful Small Business Group Sues MLB For Moving All-Star Game

Plaintiffs demand that MLB All-Star Game return to Atlanta immediately or pay $100 million to local and state small businesses.

Hank Berrien
‘MLB Robbed The Small Businesses Of Atlanta’: Powerful Small Business Group Sues MLB For Moving All-Star Game
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On Monday, Job Creators Network, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against Major League Baseball (MLB), as well as MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, the Major League Baseball Players Association and Executive Director Tony Clark, after Major League Baseball moved the All-Star game from Atlanta. The plaintiffs demand that the MLB return the game to Atlanta immediately or pay $100 million in damages to local and state small businesses.

In July 2019, MLB announced the 2021 All Star Game would be played at SunTrust Park (now named Truist Park), the home field of the Atlanta Braves. On March 26, 2021, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the Election Integrity Act.

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