The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be the 79th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game will be played on July 15, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, home of the New York Yankees of the American League.

Venue selection

The announcement of Yankee Stadium as the site of the game was made by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on January 31 at New York's City Hall.

Though it will be the fourth game hosted at the Stadium, and the eighth held in New York City, it will be held the first time since 1977 the game was hosted by the Yankees or any New York team. It had been speculated for months that the game would be held in Yankee Stadium, accelerated by the announcement that the 2008 season will be the final one for the stadium before the team moves into the New Yankee Stadium in 2009.

Thus, it was seen by some as a fitting tribute to the old stadium that it host an All-Star Game in its final season.