• MLB’s move to relocate its all-star game will cost $ 100 million, according to an official.

  • The loss will further delay recovery from the pandemic, Holly Quinlan said CNN.

  • The league’s decision was likely the “first of many dominoes to fall,” said the Atlanta mayor.

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Major League Baseball (MLB) Decision to move The 2021 All-Star Game could cost Georgia’s economy more than $ 100 million, a county tourism official said.

Local hotels have already been badly hit by the pandemic, Holly Quinlan, managing director of Cobb Hotel & Travelsaid told CNN.

“The over 8,000 MLB contracted hotel nights that will not be realized due to the MLB All-Star Game relocation will have a negative impact on the Cobb hospitality industry and other local businesses and will further delay recovery,” she said.

The league’s decision was likely the “first of many dominoes falling,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said on Friday.

The divisive electoral law has led to calls for many calls for boycotts. President Joe Biden called the law an “blatant attack on the Constitution and a good conscience”.

Former President Donald Trump, who supports the law, called for fans to boycott MLB. Trump on Saturday added to a list of companies to boycott its supporters

Former ESPN sports caster Keith Olbermann meanwhile urged fans to boycott it master Golf tournament starting Thursday at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.

-Keith olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 4, 2021

The hotel industry in Atlanta brings in about 16 billion US dollars annually, according to the US government Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau.

This organization issued a statement against “any law or measure that restricts rights or affects the access of black, brown and under-represented communities to participate in the democratic process”.

It said: “We believe in a fair, accessible and safe electoral process for all Georgians.”

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