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Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds to play 2025 regular-season MLB game at Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee will play host to a regular-season game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 2, 2025, MLB announced on Friday.

It will be the first regular-season game in National League/American League history played in the state of Tennessee.

The MLB Speedway Classic will be the latest edition of MLB taking the sport to unique venues after hosting games at North Carolina's Fort Bragg, Omaha, Neb., Field of Dreams in Iowa, Williamsport, Pa., and Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala. since 2016.

Bristol Motor Speedway features a capacity of nearly 150,000 and hosts two NASCAR Cup Series races annually since 1961.