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re: Braves stadium (Suntrust Park) ground breaking happening today
Posted on 9/16/14 at 3:12 pm to piggidyphish
Posted on 9/16/14 at 3:12 pm to piggidyphish
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Is that what you think their justification is for moving?
then why are they?
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 3:36 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
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then why are they?
Because the neighborhood they're currently in sucks and most of the consumers live a ways from the stadium....Atlanta ain't exactly a fun area to drive long distances to attend games, it's a business decision
Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:22 pm to Vegas Eddie
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I love how people act like there is not a single minority in Cobb
Obviously they've never played varsity sports against the MayRetta Blue Devils
Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:47 pm to flyAU
Should be a great park to watch that terrible franchise lose.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:10 pm to Rickety Cricket
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Suntrust Park
I thought Waste Management Field was appropriate.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:33 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
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then why are they?
Because the southside is largely ghetto, and the area around Turner is horrible with nothing to do.
There are definitely racial undercurrents, as you can't deny it when you want to move a stadium from a largely black and impoverished area bordered by increasingly black and impoverished areas to an area that is far more white and well to do.
That said, anyone who blames the Braves for wanting to leave the ghetto is ridiculous, considering it definitely hinders attendance and atmosphere. Moreover, the national criticism is ridiculous, as even Atlanta's "white" areas probably have a ton more diversity than most of the progressive bastions where those comments are coming from.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:51 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Atlanta spending a lot of money on stadiums for mediocre teams.
bingo..Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:59 pm to TigerBait2008
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Atlanta spending a lot of money on stadiums for mediocre teams.
I just read that the city believes they have an offer for $150 million for Turner Field. It would be turned into a football stadium for GA State,l at a cost of $300 million.
Why don't they just use the GA Dome?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 6:06 pm to TigerintheNO
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I just read that the city believes they have an offer for $150 million for Turner Field. It would be turned into a football stadium for GA State,l at a cost of $300 million.
It would be a joint public-private development between GSU and Carter and would be a major campus expansion. $300 million would be the cost of modifying the Ted and developing its parking lots. This would also include re-purposing the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium lot for a new baseball field. LINK
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Why don't they just use the GA Dome?
As a GSU alum, we should since it only costs about $70,000 per game to rent the Dome and would probably be the same for the new Falcons stadium.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 6:28 pm to flyAU
I always thought Turner Field was one of the blandest stadiums in MLB. This new stadium looks like a Turner Field replica. Lame.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 6:34 pm to diddydirtyAubie
That's the one on the south side of CHattanooga isn't it?
and "Advertising taking some of the burden off taxpayers" isn't exactly true because the same people who are taxpayers pay for the advertising
EVERYBODY pays for pro sports because damn near everything advertises with them.
and "Advertising taking some of the burden off taxpayers" isn't exactly true because the same people who are taxpayers pay for the advertising
EVERYBODY pays for pro sports because damn near everything advertises with them.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 6:38 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
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then why are they?
Because I'd sooner just turn down free Braves tickets than set aside the four or so hours of my life it would take me to drive into Atlanta, sit in traffic on 400, sit in traffic on the connector, sit in traffic and fight people merging onto and off of I-20, sit and fight people trying to turn from the off ramp onto Fulton Street, sit and fight people turning right into the Blue Lot or onto Capitol Avenue, and then sit and fight people turning into one of the other multi-colored lots from there.
Then, repeat that same process in reverse after the game. For every game. 80 of them. And don't make plans to do anything anywhere before or after the game in case you want to arrive early or leave late. There is nothing in the area but panhandlers and ghetto.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 7:08 pm to Wally Sparks
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just read that the city believes they have an offer for $150 million for Turner Field. It would be turned into a football stadium for GA State,l at a cost of $300 million.
It would be a joint public-private development between GSU and Carter and would be a major campus expansion. $300 million would be the cost of modifying the Ted and developing its parking lots. This would also include re-purposing the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium lot for a new baseball field. LINK
What a complete clusterfrick...IF this EVER happens it'll look like something out of "Escape From New York" 10 years after it's done.
How in holy hell can GSU get more than 10K to 15K to come down there to watch FB? There's absolutly NO WAY there'd ever by enough revenue to pay for this pipe dream.
Tech can't come close to selling out unless its UGA,Clemson,FSU of Georgia Southern...how is Ga State going to draw anybody to come down there?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 7:35 pm to RD Dawg
The Ga State plan is actually what that part of the city desperately needs. It would do away with the sea of parking lots and put sports complexes there and breathe new life into the area. I believe State is growing like crazy and this would help solidify them as an up and coming school in the state.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 7:49 pm to flyAU
This will be the first purely baseball park built in Atlanta
Can't wait
Can't wait
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:33 pm to bbap
I don't care what the stadium is called as long as the team gets a boatload of cash out of the sponsor.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 9/16/14 at 10:05 pm to flyAU
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Mother frickin suntrust park?
Don't worry, a Braves player just needs to beat his child and I'm sure Suntrust will drop their sponsorship
Posted on 9/16/14 at 11:25 pm to motorbreath
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I don't care what the stadium is called as long as the team gets a boatload of cash out of the sponsor.
This. That is one of the big reasons they are moving. They need the control of a stadium (and the cash that comes with it) to try and make up for the pathetic 20 year TV contract they have.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:08 am to BamaDude06
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This. That is one of the big reasons they are moving. They need the control of a stadium (and the cash that comes with it) to try and make up for the pathetic 20 year TV contract they have.
Honestly, I don't think the shopping mall/mixed-use development is going to pull in nearly as much $$$ as a decent TV contract. It's a damn shame that they're sacrificing the Ted for a quick cash grab (which if Wren is still around will probably blow on another BJ/Uggla).
Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:43 am to flyAU
The only opinion I have on the renderings right now is this: They better not use that lime green color that shows in the pictures for the seating...we aren't the fricking marlins. 
okay, you guys can continue arguing about everything else
okay, you guys can continue arguing about everything else
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