MLB announces Tigers-Royals 2019 game in Omaha

Major League Baseball announced Thursday the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers will play a regular-season game in Omaha, Neb., the week the 2019 College World Series begins.

The contest is scheduled for June 13, 2019, as reported earlier this week.

The event will mark the first major league game ever played in Nebraska and will take place at TD Ameritrade Park, host site of the CWS. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.

"As fans enjoy the excitement of the College World Series, I am pleased to announce that we will be playing a Major League game in Omaha next season," commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "We look forward to partnering with the NCAA and all the various parties who have worked hard to put this game together. This represents another significant step in our efforts to showcase the solidarity that links each level of our great game."

The game will reportedly be the third of a three-game series between the teams. Games 1 and 2 will be played in Kansas City.

The announcement was made in coordination with the Omaha Storm Chasers, the Royals' Triple-A affiliate.

"We are very excited to not just be part of this historic first-of-its-kind event in Omaha next year, but that our parent club of 50-plus seasons will be participating as well," Storm Chasers owner Gary Green stated. "The city of Omaha has an incredibly rich history of professional baseball, and the large significance of this event taking place next year in this city cannot be overstated."

Omaha has served as host to the College World Series since 1950. The tourney was held at Rosenblatt Stadium through 2010 and has taken place at TD Ameritrade Park since 2011.

--Field Level Media