Which MLB team is set to host the 2026 All-Star Game during the Semiquincentennial year?

The Philadelphia Phillies are set to host the 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game during the Semiquincentennial year.

MLB awarded Philadelphia the game in 2019, and the contest is scheduled for July 14, 2026, at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies’ home stadium. The game is part of the wider attention surrounding the 250th anniversary of American independence.

This will be the Phillies’ fourth time hosting an All-Star Game. Their previous hosting dates were 1952 at Shibe Park and 1976 and 1996 at Veterans Stadium. Citizens Bank Park opened in 2004, making the 2026 event the first All-Star Game held at that venue.

Philadelphia has especially strong ties to the anniversary: the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in the city in 1776. The host team is the Phillies, not the Washington Nationals, even though Washington, D.C., is also central to national Semiquincentennial events.