SAN FRANCISCO — The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is returning to San Francisco in two years.

Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Friday that the 2028 Midsummer Classic will be at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. The 2007 game was played in the picturesque waterfront ballpark, with that contest featuring Seattle Mariners great Ichiro Suzuki’s famous inside-the-park home run that bounced off the tricky wall in right-center field. Suzuki was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame last year.

“With its passionate fan base, world-class ballpark, and rich baseball history, San Francisco will be an outstanding host for All-Star Week, which culminates in one of Major League Baseball’s best traditions, the Midsummer Classic,” Manfred said in an MLB release. “We look forward to bringing the excitement of All-Star Week and the celebration of baseball to the Bay Area.”

This will mark another major sporting event for the Bay Area recently after the Super Bowl and World Cup this year and the NBA All-Star Game in February 2025.

The Giants will host the MLB All-Star Game for a fourth time overall after Candlestick Park was the site of the first edition of the game in 1961 (among the years it was held twice in the same season) and again in 1984.

Oracle Park is set to become the eighth active ballpark to hold the MLB All-Star Game multiple times, joining Boston’s Fenway Park in 1946, 1961 and 1999, Chicago’s Wrigley Field (1947, 1962, 1990), Anaheim’s Angel Stadium (1967, 1989, 2010), Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles (1980, 2022), Progressive Field in Cleveland (1997, 2019), Coors Field in Denver (1998, 2021) and T-Mobile Park in Seattle (2001, 2023).

Larry Baer, the president and CEO of the Giants, said the club is “incredibly honored” and expressed his gratitude.

“This is a tremendous opportunity to showcase our organization, our city, and the incredible passion of our fans on baseball’s biggest summer stage,” he said in a released statement. “Hosting the All-Star Game is more than celebrating the game’s brightest stars, it’s a chance to highlight the people, neighborhoods, and culture that make our community so special.

“Few cities offer the unique combination of sports, culture, innovation, entertainment and natural beauty that defines San Francisco. We look forward to welcoming players, families, fans and visitors from around the world for a week that will create lasting memories and have a meaningful impact throughout our region.”