Cleveland plays host to the 90th All-Star Game at Progressive Field. The Midsummer Classic has brought players, fans and media here packing hotel rooms and downtown attractions. It's another chance to put Cleveland on a national stage. We'll discuss the economic impact of the game and how the All-Star Game and the events surroudning it can help shape the impressions of Cleveland outside the region. Then, this isn't the first time Cleveland has hosted the All-Star Game. We'll hear from the contributors of a new historical book. Plus, a new book looks at how baseball parks stand at the crossroads of urban and rural America.
Curtis Danburg, Senior Director, Communications, Cleveland Indians
David Gilbert, President & CEO Greater Cleveland Sports Commission
Kevin Kleps, Assistant Editor, Sports Business Reporter, Crain's Cleveland Business
Morris Eckhouse, Editor, Contributor, "Six Midsummers", Author, Baseball Historian
David Goldberg, Contributor, "Six Midsummers", Professor Emeritus of History, Cleveland State University
Kelly Boyer Sagert, Contributor, "Six Midsummers", Member, Society for American Baseball Research
Paul Goldberger, Author, "Ballpark: Baseball in the American City", Architecture Critic