Major League Baseball continues its innovative showcase series by transforming a NASCAR track into a ballpark and potentially setting attendance records.

The MLB Speedway Classic was first announced nearly a year ago as part of Commissioner Rob Manfred’s push to take MLB to places where baseball isn’t played every day live. MLB played a game at the movie site in Iowa in both 2021 and 2022. Alabama, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, too.

Fans of the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds have descended on Bristol as excitement builds for the MLB Speedway Classic. The first Major League Baseball game ever played in Tennessee will take place Saturday night in Bristol Motor Speedway,