Dodgers to host All-Star Game after 40-year break

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been awarded the 2020 All-Star Game, it was announced Wednesday.

The Dodgers last hosted an All-Star Game in 1980. They hosted their only other Midsummer Classic in Los Angeles in 1959.

Washington will host this season's All-Star Game at Nationals Park, followed by Cleveland at Progressive Field in 2019.