The MLB Speedway Classic is an upcoming Major League Baseball (MLB) specialty game to be played between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds on August 2, 2025. The game will be played in the infield of Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, the home of a 146,000 seat NASCAR racetrack. This will be the first regular-season Major League Baseball (MLB) game played in the state of Tennessee.
An attendance of over 100,000 people is being expected for this game. It is possible that the game could set a new all-time attendance record, which currently stands at 115,300 people for a preseason game between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers which was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on March 29, 2008.
Background
On August 6, 2024, reports surfaced that the Braves and Reds would play a game at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2025. Three days later, on August 9, MLB revealed the game would be happening, under the name, Speedway Classic '25.
See also
- List of neutral site regular season Major League Baseball games played in the United States and Canada
- Battle at Bristol, a college football game held at the same venue.
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