Toronto hosted the city\u2019s first and only MLB All-Star Game in 1991 at a new ballpark then known as SkyDome. The Blue Jays have won two World Series since then. They\u2019ve played through lean years, returned to the postseason, renamed the home park and renovated it. Over three decades later, Toronto is once again in contention to host a future midsummer classic.<\/p>\n
Speaking to media at the 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the Blue Jays are \u201cperking up to the top of the list\u201d to host a future All-Star week.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays\u2019 recent $400 million Rogers Centre renovation modernized the multi-purpose stadium, putting Toronto in contention to host a major baseball event. But a top factor working in the city\u2019s favour is the 34 years since the Jays last hosted, Manfred said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve said before that a really significant factor in terms of All-Star Games is, when did you have the last one?\u201d Manfred said. \u201cSo you can figure out, kind of. It is not the sole determining factor, but it\u2019s a significant one. And obviously, I think Toronto was \u201991 I believe. Obviously they\u2019re kind of perking up to the top of the list based on time. I\u2019d like to be back in Toronto.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joining a broadcast last season, Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro said the organization was working on bringing the All-Star Game back to Toronto. \u201cWe\u2019re on the list,\u201d Shapiro said at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling optimistic on that one,\u201d Shapiro added on the broadcast. \u201cI\u2019m not exactly sure what the year will be.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Jays would likely host the showcase event in 2028, at the earliest. Philadelphia is set to host the 2026 All-Star Game and the Chicago Cubs are \u201cgaining momentum\u201d to secure the 2027 event<\/a>.<\/p>\n Many Blue Jays players flashed All-Star moments in recent years. Alek Manoah was the AL starting pitcher in 2021 in Los Angeles, six Toronto players earned All-Star honours in 2022 and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won the Home Run Derby in Seattle in 2023. Guerrero declined to participate in this year\u2019s derby, but told Sportsnet<\/a> he is sure to join if Toronto hosts in the future.<\/p>\n The Athletic\u2019s\u00a0Evan Drellich contributed reporting.<\/p>\n (Photo: Cole Burston \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto hosted the city\u2019s first and only MLB All-Star Game in 1991 at a new ballpark then known…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99,1794,364],"class_list":["post-13594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-sports-business","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}