A fan holds a sign supporting Major League Baseball's decision to move the All Star Game from Atlanta because of new election laws during a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves on April 26, 2021, in Atlanta. Photo: John Bazemore/AP $1.1 Billion in Damages Sought From MLB for Moving All-Star Game
"MLB robbed the small businesses of Atlanta—many of them minority-owned—of $100 million, we want the game back where it belongs," said Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network. "This was a knee-jerk, hypocritical and illegal reaction to misinformation about Georgia's new voting law."
June 01, 2021 at 03:22 PM
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How much is the Major League Baseball All-Star Game worth? A group of Atlanta business owners put the value at $100 million in a federal lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. They demanded that sum, plus $1 billion in punitive damages for the league's decision to move the game in protest over Georgia's new voting law.
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