Swing-and-a-miss: MLB rescinds idea to host baseball game in national park after backlash
Officials in Wyoming had called notion to host game in Grand Teton national park ‘deeply unwelcome’
TL;DR
- Major League Baseball (MLB) will no longer consider hosting a game in Grand Teton National Park.
- The decision came after local officials in Teton County, Wyoming, expressed strong opposition.
- Concerns were raised about the environmental impact of erecting a field and infrastructure on the park's natural landscape and wildlife habitat.
- MLB had previously reached out to the White House about the possibility of staging the game.
- A Teton county commissioner called the idea 'incomprehensible and deeply unwelcome'.