Law costs Ga. MLB’S All-star Game.

ATLANTA — Major League Baseball’s All-star Game, a high-profile sporting event that had been scheduled for Truist Park in July, will be moved out of Georgia.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced the decision Friday in response to the state’s new voting law.

“I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating (the event),” Manfred said. “Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box.”

The push to move the game had gathered momentum after several large corporations condemned the voting law, and President Joe Biden said he would “strongly support” relocating the event.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who last week signed the voting rights law and two years ago participated in a ceremony awarding the All-star game to Atlanta, blasted MLB’S decision to move the game.

“Major League Baseball caved to fear, political opportunism and liberal lies,” Kemp said in a statement. “Georgians — and all Americans — should fully understand what the MLB’S knee-jerk decision means: Cancel culture and woke political activists are coming for every aspect of your life, sports included.”

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms predicted MLB’S decision is “likely the first of many dominoes to fall, until the unnecessary barriers put in place to restrict access to the ballot box are removed.”

Manfred’s announcement ended several years of planning by the Braves to host the All-star Game and related activities.

The Braves said Friday they were “deeply disappointed” by MLB’S action.

“This was neither our decision nor our recommendation, and we are saddened that fans will not be able to see this event in our city,” the Braves said in a statement. “The Braves organization will continue to stress the importance of equal voting opportunities, and we had hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion . ... Unfortunately, businesses, employees and fans in Georgia are the victims of this decision.”

MLB is now “finalizing a new host city” for the game and will announce details “shortly,” Manfred said.

MLB’S amateur draft also had been scheduled for July 11-13 in Atlanta. That, too, will be moved elsewhere, Manfred said.

The baseball All-star game has been held in Atlanta twice — in 1972 at Atlanta Stadium (later renamed Atlanta-fulton County Stadium) and in 2000 at Turner Field.