The MLB All-Star Game: a once meaningful, now aimless whirlwind, which cities nevertheless still clamor to host. The Midsummer Classic has been played in Atlanta three times. It was almost four: In 2021 the Georgia General Assembly passed the controversial Election Integrity Act that placed heavy restrictions on voting access.

"It’s a shame it ever happened because a lot of people went through hell when that happened for no good reason,” Gov. Brian Kemp said.