List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game venues


The first All-Star Game was held as part of the 1933 World's Fair at Comiskey Park and was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for the Chicago Tribune. Initially intended to be a one-time event, its great success resulted in making the game an annual event, with some years having two All-Star Games.

Venue selection

The venue for each All-Star Game is chosen by an MLB selection committee. This choice may be made to commemorate a particular historical occasion, the opening of a new ballpark, or a significant milestone. The criteria for choosing the venue are subjective; for the most part, cities with new parks and cities who have not hosted the game in a long time or ever tend to be favored. The venues among the major league franchises: between 1964 and 2015, five teams hosted three times, 13 teams twice, ten teams once, and two teams not at all. The "home team" is the league in which the host franchise plays its games. Through the 2025 season, the American League has hosted 46 times, and the National League has hosted 49 times. Traditionally, the game alternates between the two leagues from year to year with six exceptions:
  • 1950–1951
  • 1952–1953
  • 1959 both games
  • 1960 both games
  • 1961 second game – 1962 first game
  • 2006–2007
This tradition was discontinued after the 2015 game.
As of 2025, one Major League Baseball franchise has never hosted an All-Star Game: the Tampa Bay Rays. The Miami Marlins hosted for the first time in 2017 following the 2012 opening of Marlins Park; although Miami was initially scheduled to host in 2000, MLB eventually moved the game to Atlanta. All-Star games have been played in D.C., hosted by both incarnations of the Washington Senators, as well as by the Washington Nationals in 2018.
Of the remaining 27 franchises, the New York Mets had gone the longest period without hosting since their sole hosting duty in 1964, but this streak came to an end at 49 years in 2013. During that span, 18 of the remaining 25 teams have hosted an All-Star Game at least twice since 1964: Atlanta Braves Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Senators/Texas Rangers. The Oakland Athletics are now the team with the longest active hosting drought; they have not hosted since 1987.
New stadiums that have not hosted the All-Star Game in cities that have hosted it previously are: Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia and the new Yankee Stadium in New York City.
Future All-Star Games will be played at Citizens Bank Park in 2026, with Philadelphia selected well in advance as a part of the United States Semiquincentennial celebration.
Following the game at the first Yankee Stadium in 2008 in its final season, the Bronx's old stadium joined Cleveland's old Cleveland Stadium as the only venues that have hosted four Major League Baseball All-Star games. New York City has hosted it more than any other city, having done so nine times in five different stadiums; as of 2025, Tampa Bay remains the only major league metropolitan area since the first All-Star Game in 1933 to never have hosted.

List of hosts

Record of host league

Host LeagueRecord
National League 24 Wins, 24 Losses, 1 Tie
American League 24 Wins, 21 Losses, 1 Tie
TotalAL: 48 Wins, NL: 45 Wins, 2 Ties

Various statistics

Times hosted by club

Ballparks that have hosted more than one All-Star Game

Active baseball parks

Discontinued baseball parks

Ballparks that have never hosted an All-Star Game

Active baseball parks (oldest parks listed first)

Discontinued baseball parks (oldest parks listed first)

A * indicates that the stadium was a temporary facility, used in the short term by a team awaiting the construction of a larger, permanent home park.

The last time each franchise has hosted an All-Star Game

Hosting All-Star Game and post-season games in same season

The following teams have hosted the All-Star Game in the summer then proceeded to host post-season games in the fall:
League Championship Series play began in 1969
Division Series play began in 1995
Wild Card Round play began in 2020 and became permanent in 2022
  • 2022: Los Angeles Dodgers — lost NLDS