Chicago Cubs Expected to Host All-Star Game Before End of Decade, Per Report

According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Cubs and Wrigley Field are expected to host an All-Star Game before the 2020s end, with other sites also expected to get the Midsummer Classic.

Chicago Cubs mascot Clark with the flag after the game against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field on April 5. / Matt Marton-Imagn Images

According to a report from Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field are expected to host an All-Star Game before the 2020s end.

Per his Sunday Notebook:

The Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs are the favorites to be selected as the three host cities for the MLB All-Star game the remainder of the decade after Atlanta this year and Philadelphia in 2026.

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— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) April 6, 2025

Wrigley Field hasn't hosted an All-Star Game since 1990, when the American League won 2-0 and Julio Franco of the Texas Rangers was named the MVP. The Orioles haven't seen an All-Star Game at Camden Yards since shortly after it opened in 1993. The American League won 9-3 that year with Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins winning the MVP.

That's also the year that Ken Griffey Jr. famously hit the warehouse in right field during the Home Run Derby.

In 1993, Ken Griffey Jr. hit a Home Run Derby ball off the warehouse at Camden Yards, becoming the first and only player to do so.

Why has no one done it since? I spoke with 3 physicists, @mike_petriello, @sigmejdal and #Orioles OF Heston Kjerstad to try to get an answer 🧵 pic.twitter.com/s1Xj4t2VpI

— Paul Mancano (@PaulMancano) March 31, 2025

Toronto hasn't hosted the All-Star Game since 1991, when Rogers Centre was named "SkyDome." The American League also won that game, with Cal Ripken Jr. of the Orioles taking home the MVP honors.

The American League has dominated the All-Star Game recently, winning 10 of the last 11 contests. The National League last won in Seattle back in 2023, however, with the loaded talent pool of Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves, perhaps the NL can go on a little run here.

This year's All-Star Game will be played on July 15 at Truist Park in Atlanta. The Home Run Derby will take place the night before.

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