Dodger Stadium to host All-Stars

Baseball’s commissioner is expected to announce today that the 2020 All-Star Game will be held in Los Angeles. The last time the team hosted was in 1980.

Commissioner Rob Manfred will be in Dodger Stadium on Wednesday for a noon press conference to announce that the Dodgers will host the 2020 All-Star Game, the first time since 1980 that the team has hosted the mid-summer event.

“It’s been a long time, a long time,” manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday. “So for Major League Baseball and the City of Los Angeles to come together and get it here in 2020, I think it’s a thrill not only for the Dodgers but for the great fans of Los Angeles.”

In 1980, the Dodgers placed four starters — Davey Lopes, Steve Garvey, Bill Russell and Reggie Smith — on a Chuck Tanner-managed National League team that beat an Earl Weaver-managed American League team, 4-2.

Ken Griffey Sr., whose two hits included a solo homer to center field against Tommy John in the fifth inning, was named the game’s most valuable player.

The Washington Nationals will host the game this July, the Cleveland Indians in 2019.

Since 1980, nine teams have hosted the game twice: the Angels, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Indians, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Los Angeles City Council, in a late-February move designed to help the Dodgers secure the game, authorized the city to receive $100,000 from the team as payment for city services required to host the game. The council motion cited an estimated $89.4 million in economic impact from hosting the game.