Major League Baseball All-Star Game venues

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game venue is chosen by Major League Baseball and traditionally alternates between the American League and National League every year. This tradition has been broken twice. The first time was in 1951, when the Detroit Tigers were chosen to host the annual game as part of the city's 250th birthday. It was broken again in 2007, when the San Francisco Giants were the host for the 2007 All-Star Game. That scheduling also set up the 2008 game to be held in the scheduled final season at Yankee Stadium.

The "home team" is the league in which the host franchise plays its games. 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 get the nod. In the first two decades of the game, there were two teams that shared ballparks, Philadelphia and St. Louis. This led two some shorter-than-usual gaps between the use of those venues: The Cardinals hosted the game in 1940, and the Browns in 1948. The Athletics hosted the game in 1943, and the Phillies in 1952.

Contents 1 Ballparks that have hosted more than one All-Star Game 2 Ballparks since 1933 that have never hosted an All-Star Game 3 The last time each franchise has hosted an All-Star Game 4 Major League Baseball cities in order of most All-Star Games hosted

[edit] Ballparks that have hosted more than one All-Star Game

Active baseball parks

• Yankee Stadium 1939, 1960, 1977 (the 2008 AS Game is to be played at Yankee Stadium)
• Wrigley Field 1947, 1962, 1990
• Fenway Park 1946, 1961, 1999
• Angel Stadium 1967, 1989

Defunct baseball parks

• Cleveland Stadium 1935, 1954, 1963, 1981
• Sportsman's Park 1940, 1948, 1957
• Tiger Stadium 1941, 1951, 1971
• Comiskey Park 1933, 1950, 1983
• Polo Grounds 1934, 1942
• Shibe Park 1943, 1952
• Crosley Field 1938, 1953
• Griffith Stadium 1937, 1956
• Forbes Field 1944, 1959
• RFK 1962, 1969
• Milwaukee County Stadium 1955, 1975
• Candlestick Park 1961, 1984
• Houston Astrodome 1968, 1986
• Riverfront Stadium 1970, 1988
• Jack Murphy Stadium 1978, 1992
• Three Rivers Stadium 1974, 1994
• Veterans Stadium 1976, 1996

[edit] Ballparks since 1933 that have never hosted an All-Star Game

Active baseball parks (oldest parks listed first)

• Dolphin Stadium, the Marlins have played there since 1993
• Tropicana Field, the Rays have played there since 1998
• Chase Field, the Diamondbacks have played there since 1998
• Great American Ball Park, the Reds have played there since 2003
• Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies have played there since 2004
• Petco Park, the Padres have played there since 2004
• Busch Stadium, the Cardinals have played there since 2006; the 2009 AS Game is to be played there

defunct baseball parks (oldest parks listed first)

• League Park, the Indians split games between League Park and Cleveland Stadium off and on until the end of the 1946 season
• Seals Stadium, the Giants played there from 1958 to 1959
• Wrigley Field of Los Angeles, the Angels played there in 1961
• Sick's Stadium, the Pilots played there in 1969
• Arlington Stadium, the Rangers played there from 1972 to 1993
• Exhibition Stadium, the Blue Jays played there from 1977 to 1989
• Mile High Stadium, the Rockies played there from 1993 to 1994

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

from least recent to most recent

• New York Mets, 1964
• St. Louis Cardinals, 1966 (the 2009 AS Game is to be played at Busch Stadium)
• Kansas City Royals, 1973
• New York Yankees, 1977 (the 2008 AS Game is to be played at Yankee Stadium)
• Los Angeles Dodgers, 1980
• Washington Nationals, 1982 (in Montreal) (the last All-Star Game held in Washington, DC was in 1969)
• Minnesota Twins, 1985
• Oakland Athletics, 1987
• Cincinnati Reds, 1988
• Anaheim Angels, 1989
• Chicago Cubs, 1990
• Toronto Blue Jays, 1991
• San Diego Padres, 1992
• Baltimore Orioles, 1993
• Texas Rangers, 1995
• Philadelphia Phillies, 1996
• Cleveland Indians, 1997
• Colorado Rockies, 1998
• Boston Red Sox, 1999
• Atlanta Braves, 2000
• Seattle Mariners, 2001
• Milwaukee Brewers, 2002
• Chicago White Sox, 2003
• Houston Astros, 2004
• Detroit Tigers, 2005
• Pittsburgh Pirates, 2006
• San Francisco Giants, 2007

[edit] Major League Baseball cities in order of most All-Star Games hosted

#	City	All-Star Games
7	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park (1933, 1950, 1983), Wrigley Field (1947, 1962, 1990), U.S. Cellular Field (2003)
7	New York, New York	Polo Grounds (1934, 1942), Yankee Stadium (1939, 1960, 1977), Ebbets Field (1949), Shea Stadium (1964)
5	Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Stadium (1935, 1954, 1963, 1981), Jacobs Field (1997)
5	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field (1944, 1959), Three Rivers Stadium (1974, 1994), PNC Park (2006)
4	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field (1936), Fenway Park (1946, 1961, 1999)
4	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium (1937, 1956). RFK (1962, 1969)
4	Cincinnati, Ohio	Crosley Field (1938, 1953), Riverfront Stadium (1970, 1988)
4	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park (1940, 1948, 1957), Busch Memorial Stadium (1966)
4	Detroit, Michigan	Tiger Stadium (1941, 1951, 1971), Comerica Park (2005)
4	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park (1943, 1952), Veterans Stadium (1976, 1996)
3	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Milwaukee County Stadium (1955, 1975), Miller Park (2002)
3	San Francisco, California	Candlestick Park (1961, 1984), AT&T Park (2007)
3	Houston, Texas	Houston Astrodome (1968, 1986), Minute Maid Park (2004)
2	Baltimore, Maryland	Memorial Stadium (1958), Oriole Park at Camden Yards (1993)
2	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1959), Dodger Stadium (1980)
2	Kansas City, Missouri	Municipal Stadium (1960), Royal Stadium (1973)
2	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Metropolitan Stadium (actually in Bloomington) (1965), Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1985)
2	Anaheim, California	Angel Stadium (1967, 1989)
2	Atlanta, Georgia	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (1972), Turner Field (2000)
2	San Diego, California	Jack Murphy Stadium 1978, 1992
2	Seattle, Washington	Kingdome (1979), Safeco Field (2001)
1	Montreal, Quebec	Olympic Stadium (1989)
1	Oakland, California	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (1989)
1	Toronto, Ontario	SkyDome (1991)
1	Arlington, Texas	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (1995)
1	Denver, Colorado	Coors Field (1998)
0	Miami Gardens, Florida	In MLB since 1993
0	St. Petersburg, Florida	In MLB since 1998
0	Phoenix, Arizona	In MLB since 1998