EARVIN ''MAGIC'' JOHNSON is set to bring his Los Angeles Dodgers to Sydney to open the 2014 Major League Baseball season.

The negotiations to bring the Dodgers, owned by National Basketball Association Hall of Famer Johnson, are well advanced and their likely opponents will be the Arizona Diamondbacks for a historic clash at the SCG.

"This will be the biggest sporting event in Sydney since the 2003 Rugby World Cup final" ... Jason Moore, director of sports event-marketing firm Moore Sports. Credit:Tim Clayton

The proposed three-game series will be a huge coup for Australian sport, with the games to be televised to an audience of almost 300 million viewers across 81 countries. It's estimated the event will attract up to 25,000 overseas tourists and generate $80 million for the NSW economy.

The presence of Lakers legend Johnson, one of the most identifiable figures in world sport, is a further selling point to what will be one of the biggest events since the Sydney Olympics.