MLB will play his first baseball game at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.
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Major League baseball is taking America’s pastime on a reputed NASCAR track, and the game is ready for the top league appearance record.
On Saturday, MLB MLB will play his first game in Tennessee as part of the MLB speedway classic, where the Atlanta Brevs will face the Bristol Motor Speedway against Cincinnati Reds.
This is the first time a professional baseball game has been played on a professional race car track anytime, and the MLB will include the NASCAR-themed elements throughout the program.
The event is the latest effort of MLB that helps to enhance the game and attracts a young, more diverse fan base.
“It represents an opportunity to focus on having more and more fans on an occasion for us to create a natural tie-in with another game that we have been driving towards the last few years-around the last few years-around the last few years-and being fast and bold,” said Jeremaia Yolkut, the senior vice-chairman of the MLB of Global events.
Bristol Motor Speedway said that the game is ready to break MLB’s all-time regular season single-game attendance record More than 85,000 tickets were soldThe previous record of 84,587 was set in 1954. MLB said that the site could hold about 90,000 fans in total.
Construction began in May to convert Bristol Motor Speedway into baseball stadium.
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MLB said that young fans like the opportunity to watch the game in unique settings. First, the league has seen success with it Dream field Play in Iowa.
Yolkut said that the league also thinks that there is a crossover between NASCAR and baseball fan locations.
Saturday is four years old in making the game, the first conversation with Yolkut, with back dating back in 2021.
Since then, MLB has studied feasibility; Participation with architects, a professional turf company, their broadcaster Fox and concession provider Levi; And signed several sponsors, including title sponsor Buildsubamarine.com.
“There was even a building that was actually knocked for us to keep the baseball ground on the track,” said Yolkut.
Beyond the main event, MLB is also planning a full fan experience, including a fan area and music performance from Tim Macgra, Pitbul and Jake Owen.
“Fans at home are also going to receive some incredible scenes with aerial shots of the stadium and people collide with the house descend on a NASCAR track,” Yolkut said. “It’s going to be very special.”
