The Chicago Cubs pulled the cover off the official logo for the 2027 MLB All-Star Game on Friday night at Wrigley Field, staging a pregame ceremony that mapped the ballpark’s All-Star history across the diamond before their series opener against the Twins.
The logo leans hard on local iconography. “All-Star Game” appears in white lettering matching the red marquee that hangs over Wrigley’s home-plate gate, stretched across a red banner that represents the marquee itself. The six-point blue star from the Chicago flag replaces the hyphen in “All-Star.” A large Cubbie blue star sits behind everything as backdrop. MLB designed the mark with input from the Cubs organization.
The game is scheduled for July 13, 2027. It will be the fourth All-Star Game held at Wrigley Field, following the 1947, 1962, and 1990 editions. No active MLB stadium has hosted the event that many times. Only two now-defunct ballparks match the number: Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium and the original Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
The ceremony used each base to represent one of Wrigley’s previous All-Star Games. A niece of Phil Cavarretta — the 1945 NL MVP who played in the 1947 Classic — stood at first. Billy Williams, a six-time All-Star, took second for the 1962 game. Andre Dawson and Shawon Dunston, both part of the 1990 Midsummer Classic, held third. Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs’ two-time All-Star center fielder, stood at home plate and unveiled the logo display. Anthony Rizzo threw a ceremonial first pitch to Clark the Cub. Bill Murray and Eddie Vedder, both on the host committee, flanked Rizzo on the mound.
Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts called Wrigley “one of the league’s two oldest, original ballparks” and said the 2027 game will “add another chapter” to a venue built in 1914. Commissioner Rob Manfred, in a statement, pointed to “Chicago’s rich baseball heritage” and the city’s “iconic neighborhoods.”
Cubs president Crane Kenney, who attended the 2026 All-Star festivities in Philadelphia to study how the Phillies organized events around Citizens Bank Park, told the Chicago Tribune the Cubs plan to concentrate activity in Wrigleyville rather than spreading it across the city. Philadelphia’s downtown Convention Center hosted a centralized fan village; Chicago’s equivalent will likely land downtown, but Kenney wants the ballpark itself to carry the weight.
“This will be kind of a coming-out party in some ways for the renovated Wrigley project,” Kenney said. Renovations were completed in 2021, meaning the 2027 All-Star Game will be the first major showcase event to feature the fully updated complex — including Gallagher Way and the new clubhouses, neither of which existed when Wrigley hosted World Series games in 2016.
One variable sits outside the Cubs’ control. The current collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2026 season, and a lockout could delay or disrupt the 2027 campaign. Kenney said the organization is not building in contingencies for a work stoppage affecting the All-Star Game, noting that the All-Star break is typically a lucrative concert window that helps fund payroll — revenue the Cubs will forgo next year regardless. “We can spin up our operation with 30 days’ notice,” he said, citing lessons from the 2020 COVID season and the last lockout.
The host committee includes Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson, Rizzo, Murray, Vedder, and a group of corporate partners and civic leaders.
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