Atlanta Braves & Cincinnati Reds To Play Baseball Game At Bristol Motor Speedway In 2025

Bristol Motor Speedway – home of baseball?

The famous racetrack would normally stick to what it knows best, and that’s racing. However, every once in a while, a unique opportunity presents itself to the venue, and the stadium trades out its race cars for another sporting event.

This time around, the Bristol, Tennessee racetrack will transform into a baseball diamond. The Athletic first reported that the 150,000 seat stadium will be the host of a neutral site game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves in 2025.

The two national league teams will have similar travel times to the racetrack that’s almost smack dab in the middle of their homes. For Atlanta, they’ll have to travel around four hours from their usual place of play, and for Cincinnati, they’ll face a five hour drive to get to Bristol.

With the two teams matching up at a neutral site, it should give fans a chance to “meet in the middle” and go see their favorite team there instead of driving all the way to one place or the other. At the very least, baseball fans will be treated to a classic game of baseball in a stadium that’s much different than what a regular ball park looks like.

And it’s not the first time that the speedway was converted to fulfill another purpose. Back in 2016, Virginia Tech and Tennessee played a game there, and set the record for highest attended NCAA football game with 156,990 fans in attendance.

The regular season game is set to be played at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 2nd of 2025. An official announcement is expected to be released this Friday at a planned news conference at the racetrack.

If all goes according to plan, it will be the first ever in-season Major League Baseball game played in the state of Tennessee.