{"id":548537,"date":"2021-06-01T15:51:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548537"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:51:18","slug":"mlb-robbed-the-small-businesses-of-atlanta-powerful-small-business-group-sues-mlb-for-moving-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-robbed-the-small-businesses-of-atlanta-powerful-small-business-group-sues-mlb-for-moving-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018MLB Robbed The Small Businesses Of Atlanta\u2019: Powerful Small Business Group Sues MLB For Moving All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmlb-robbed-the-small-businesses-of-atlanta-powerful-small-business-group-sues-mlb-for-moving-all-star-game%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321031927.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>On Monday, Job Creators Network, the nation\u2019s leading small business advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against Major League Baseball (MLB), as well as MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, the Major League Baseball Players Association and Executive Director Tony Clark, after Major League Baseball moved the All-Star game from Atlanta. The plaintiffs demand that the MLB return the game to Atlanta immediately or pay $100 million in damages to local and state small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2019, MLB announced the 2021 All Star Game would be played at SunTrust Park (now named Truist Park), the home field of the Atlanta Braves. On March 26, 2021, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the Election Integrity Act.<\/p>\n<p>MLB alleged that the new law discriminated against voters, using that reasoning to remove the All-Star Game from Atlanta. President Biden chimed in that he \u201cwould support Major League Baseball moving this year\u2019s All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to recently signed legislation that tightens voting laws in Georgia,\u201d adding to Sage Steele of ESPN, \u201cThis is Jim Crow on steroids, what they\u2019re doing in Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On April 2, 2021, the MLB announced that it was moving the All-Star Game out of Atlanta. Four days later it awarded the game to Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobcreatorsnetwork.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Complaint.filed-1.pdf\">lawsuit<\/a> pointed out, \u201cAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, Atlanta has a 51% black population, while Denver\u2019s black population is only 9%. U.S. Census Bureau data also indicates that there are roughly 7.5 times more black-owned small businesses in Georgia than Colorado.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cobb County Chief Financial Officer William Volckmann estimated that the All-Star Game at Truist Park in July would cost taxpayers roughly $2 million in expenses, but the county would see a \u201crobust return\u201d on the investment.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit notes, \u201cIndeed, over the past ten years, hosting cities have enjoyed economic activity ranging from $37 million to $190 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our surrounding hotels\/motels are already completely sold out and the travel and tourism industry, restaurants and event venues will certainly benefit from the All-Star Game,\u201d Volckman said.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><em>Critics of the bill also falsely claimed the new Georgia bill would prohibit food or drink from being passed out to people waiting in line to vote. As The Daily Wire previously reported, the bill does not prevent people waiting in line to vote from receiving food or water, but politicians and their staff cannot provide it in an effort to secure votes. Poll workers can pass out water or food as they see fit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The damages resulting from the cancellation of the All-Star Game in Atlanta are staggering. More than 8,000 hotel reservations were canceled; revenues from ticket sales and stadium food by the more than 41,000 expected to attend the events at Truist Park were lost.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Biden stated of the Election Integrity Act, \u201cImagine passing a law saying you cannot provide water or food for someone standing in line to vote? Can\u2019t do that? Come on. Or you\u2019re going to close a polling place at five o\u2019clock when working people just get off? This is all about keeping working folks and ordinary folks that I grew up with from being able to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-endorses-moving-mlb-all-star-game-out-of-georgia-lauds-athletes-using-sports-to-push-politics\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported, \u201cthe damages resulting from the cancellation of the All-Star Game in Atlanta are staggering. More than 8,000 hotel reservations were canceled; revenues from ticket sales and stadium food by the more than 41,000 expected to attend the events at Truist Park were lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMLB robbed the small businesses of Atlanta \u2013 many of them minority-owned \u2013 of $100 million, we want the game back where it belongs,\u201d Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job Creators Network, stated. \u201cThis was a knee-jerk, hypocritical and illegal reaction to misinformation about Georgia\u2019s new voting law which includes Voter-ID. Major League Baseball itself requests ID at will-call ticket windows at Yankee Stadium in New York, Busch Stadium in St. Louis and at ballparks all across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall businesses in this community had valid contracts relating to the All-Star Game and other events, the result of two years of planning and all that was ripped away by fear and misinformation spewed by political activists,\u201d Ortiz added. \u201cMany states, including Colorado where the game has been moved to, have similar or more restrictive election laws. This move essentially tells fans of teams in many other cities that they can never again host the All-Star Game; it\u2019s hypocritical, illegal and we won\u2019t stand for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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