The MLB Speedway Classic is an upcoming Major League Baseball (MLB) specialty game to be played between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds on August 2, 2025.
This will be the first regular-season Major League Baseball (MLB) game played in the state of Tennessee.
It is possible that the game could set a new all-time attendance record, which currently stands at 115,300 people for a preseason game between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers which was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on March 29, 2008.
[1] On August 6, 2024, reports surfaced that the Braves and Reds would play a game at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2025.
Three days later, on August 9, MLB revealed the game would be happening, under the name, Speedway Classic '25.