It’s been a while but a new MLB attendance record is going to be set.Finishing touches are being done inside the racetrack at Bristol Motor Speedway where officials expect a record crowd in a week to watch the Cincinnati Reds play the Atlanta Braves.The stadium is being turned into a baseball fieldGETTYView Tweet: https://t.co/CUe4NO61Z3The MLB Speedway Classic — a special one-off regular season game — will be held on August 2.And the league have picked the most ideal venue possible, with the 146,00 seater arena.This fixture will also be the first regular-season MLB game played in the state of Tennessee.How many fans are expected to be at the MLB Speedway Classic?Officials expect an attendance of well-over 100,000 which could set a new all-time attendance record.“We can’t wait for next Saturday night … when that first pitch is thrown out and the stands are full,” Jerry Caldwell, Bristol’s president and general manager, said Friday. “We’ll be setting records, we’ll be having attendance records. We’ll announcing all those details later on, but we’ll be there, I know we will.”What is the current MLB attendance record?The all-time attendance record for a baseball game is 115,300 which was set a preseason game between defending champions Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers in March 2008.That game was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.According to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, it is the only baseball contest where the 100,000 figure has been definitively exceeded.It’s likely that next week, this record will fall when the Reds take on the Braves in Tennessee.The Bristol Motorway Speedway stadium held the highest-attended NCAA football game in 2016GETTYThe highest attended MLB game was in 2008 when the Dodgers hosted the Red SoxWhen was the Bristol Motor Speedway built?The stadium was opened to the public in 1961.It cost just $600,000 to build, which covered the purchase of the land and the construction of the track itself.The arena, which was originally named Bristol International Speedway, was built on a 100-acre plot of land.The stadium is no stranger to hosting record crowds either.In 2016 it hosted the Battle at Bristol — a college football game between the University of Tennessee Volunteers and the Virginia Tech Hokies.That clash set the record for the largest single-game attendance for an NCAA football fixture at 156,990. For the MLB Speedway Classic, the stadium will look significantly different.There will be grandstand seating for fans along both baselines, a 110-foot Ferris wheel just outside the arena along with pitching tunnels and batting cages. The teams will also wear special NASCAR-inspired uniforms for the game.Additional details like flames on the brim of the Braves’ caps and a finish-line checkerboard for the Reds’ caps will add further unique flourishes.