Seattle was formally unveiled as the host of the 2023 All-Star Game on Thursday.

The announcement was made inside the Space Needle with Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez looking on.

Seattle's first All-Star Game was in 1979 at the Kingdome, and it hosted again 22 years later in 2001 at Safeco Field.

Twenty-two years later, the game will be back at what's now T-Mobile Park.

"I believe that the 2023 All-Star Game will give us the opportunity to celebrate the entire region," Mariners chairman John Stanton said. "I think you have to agree to me, looking out the window today, there is no nicer place in America than Seattle in the middle of summer."

Seattle has been chosen to host Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in 2023, sources familiar with the decision told ESPN on Tuesday.

Plans to bring the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby back to T-Mobile Park, which last hosted it in 2001 when it was known as Safeco Field, are being finalized, according to sources.