Baseball commissioner Bud Selig will be in San Francisco on Wednesday to announce that the Giants will host the 2007 All-Star Game.
It was widely reported during the World Series in October that the Giants would get the game, but Selig will now make it official.
This will be the city's first time staging the Midsummer Classic since 1984, and a great chance to showcase SBC Park, the Giants' beautiful waterfront stadium that opened in 2000.
"I can't think of a ballpark in America that could show off the home run hitting contest more successfully than ours could, with home runs into the bay by the greatest players in the game," Giants owner Peter Magowan told KPIX-TV.
The club has topped 3 million in attendance all five seasons since the ballpark opened — thanks in large part to the popularity of slugger Barry Bonds.
The Giants had no official announcement Tuesday, but have acknowledged in the past they had long been considered a favorite to host the game.
The last time the city had the All-Star game was July 10, 1984, at Candlestick Park, where the National League won 3-1. In 1961, the stars also gathered at Candlestick and provided one of the most memorable All-Star moments when the wind caused Giants reliever Stu Miller to balk.
This will be the first time in more than 40 years that the All-Star game won't alternate between the American and National Leagues. Detroit hosts next summer's game, then Pittsburgh has the 2006 event — meaning the NL will host two straight games.