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re: Confirmed: Braves Leaving Turner Field After 2016 Season
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:19 am to hiltacular
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:19 am to hiltacular
Cumberland mall will still suck dick
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Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:20 am to OBUDan
then you haven't thought it through...attendance was dead on the week in the ghetto of atlanta and they will put MARTA up there...some of you fricking people, I swear...they don't make decisions like this without planning commuting, damn folks
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:21 am to beaver
Nah man they just decided to spend 3/4 of a billion because, frick it who cares it will be shiny
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:23 am to beaver
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and they will put MARTA up there
They have been trying to get this done for a long time with no success. I guess a 700 million dollar stadium is a good reason to give the finger to all the people who vote against it whenever it comes up though.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:23 am to hiltacular
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42,000 seat $672 mil complex
perfect size.
Good. Right on par with the league. No way could Atlanta fill 50,000 regularly
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:24 am to Caplewood
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Nah man they just decided to spend 3/4 of a billion because, frick it who cares it will be shiny
Happens all the fricking time. See Miami.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:26 am to OBUDan
2 questions....
has a team ever left a new ballpark so quickly?
and what happens to turner field?
i've never been to atlanta so i dont know the logistics, but it's crazy to think that a team would leave a ballpark so quickly.
has a team ever left a new ballpark so quickly?
and what happens to turner field?
i've never been to atlanta so i dont know the logistics, but it's crazy to think that a team would leave a ballpark so quickly.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:28 am to 632627
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i've never been to atlanta so i dont know the logistics, but it's crazy to think that a team would leave a ballpark so quickly.
Turner field is almost unanimously considered to be in a bad location and over sized. We simply do not fill it up for 75% of the season.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:28 am to Caplewood
I like this, closer to where my family lives 
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:30 am to kywildcatfanone
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I'm thinking these stadium's need longer leases in the future, especially if tax dollars are used, which they always are.
It's absolutely crazy that Atlanta has now determined the "useful life" for its sports venues to be something like 20 years.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:31 am to gatorhata9
As an in-town season ticket holder and fan who witnessed Game 6 against the Indians in '95, I absolutely hate this move. The stadium is about a 10 minute drive from my house and I would end up riding my bike to the stadium at least half the time I attended ball games with my girlfriend (yes, even through the so-called "ghetto" that is Grant Park). I know I am in the huge minority here, but if this plan comes to fruition I will promptly be giving up my season tickets.
I don't see at all how traveling to Cobb County during rush hour will make it any easier for fans to get to the stadium (I am considering fans traveling from across the metro area). As a previous poster stated, I am sure traffic studies have been done, but I just don't see how it would be any more convenient, especially for those going straight from work in downtown/midtown/buckhead.
I understand why the Braves would be interested and why 80% of Braves fans would support this move, but I don't want this to happen at all. To me, ballparks should be in an urban setting. I know downtown Atlanta is the not most desirable of destinations, but a bad-arse ballpark (which Turner Field is not at the moment) could certainly help spur positive development and change that reality.
I completely oppose this move and I know that most of my buddies who regularly attend ballgames do as well (they are in-town as well, however).
*edited typo
I don't see at all how traveling to Cobb County during rush hour will make it any easier for fans to get to the stadium (I am considering fans traveling from across the metro area). As a previous poster stated, I am sure traffic studies have been done, but I just don't see how it would be any more convenient, especially for those going straight from work in downtown/midtown/buckhead.
I understand why the Braves would be interested and why 80% of Braves fans would support this move, but I don't want this to happen at all. To me, ballparks should be in an urban setting. I know downtown Atlanta is the not most desirable of destinations, but a bad-arse ballpark (which Turner Field is not at the moment) could certainly help spur positive development and change that reality.
I completely oppose this move and I know that most of my buddies who regularly attend ballgames do as well (they are in-town as well, however).
*edited typo
This post was edited on 11/11/13 at 9:33 am
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:33 am to Nuts
There are more ticket holders north of the city that in town.
THis will only increase.
THis will only increase.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:33 am to kywildcatfanone
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I'm thinking these stadium's need longer leases in the future, especially if tax dollars are used, which they always are.
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Private entities, including NBC and other Olympic sponsors, agreed to pay a large sum of the cost to build Centennial Olympic Stadium (approximately $170 million of the $209 million bill).
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After the closing ceremony on Sunday, title to the stadium will pass to the Fulton County Recreation Authority, a city-county agency. But it will really be the Braves' domain, lock, stock and tchotchkes. The team will pay $23 million for various improvements, $500,000 in annual rent and $1 million a year through 2016 for capital costs.
you were saying?
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:34 am to kywildcatfanone
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I'm thinking these stadium's need longer leases in the future, especially if tax dollars are used, which they always are.
I agree 100%. If teams are just going to bolt the minute their initial leases are up then they need to be locked in for longer.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:34 am to Y.A. Tittle
I agree with you for the Dome. But Turner was gonna need some major renovations soon just to keep up with fan experience and even then it'd be stuck in a bad location with no surrounding attractions. So either spend money on a stadium in a bad location AND spend a ton trying to improve the area surrounding the stadium which hasn't improved on its own in 20 years.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:35 am to Nuts
I could see how someone who lives in the city could say this but then again you have to cater to your population that attends the games.
There's really only one flaw with this plan and it is traffic which isn't an impossible fix
There's really only one flaw with this plan and it is traffic which isn't an impossible fix
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:37 am to bamafan425
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the area surrounding the stadium which hasn't improved on its own in 20 years.
Grant Park really isn't that bad of a neighborhood anymore.
The problem is that the Ted is in the middle of a bunch of vast parking lots with an interstate bordering it on one side. There was never any potential for growth right around the stadium. It's parking lots + residential.
This post was edited on 11/11/13 at 9:38 am
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:38 am to Rig
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you have to cater to your population that attends the games
Agreed. I am in a completely overwhelming minority on this topic I'm sure.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:40 am to Robot Santa
I was more talking about immediate surroundings. Just nothing to do but tailgate in the lots. Which is fine if you drive. But not if you take MARTA.
Just not a great experience outside the stadium. Not even talking about "ghetto"-wise.
We always end up going in the game an hour early to drink and eat because we have nothing to do.
Just not a great experience outside the stadium. Not even talking about "ghetto"-wise.
We always end up going in the game an hour early to drink and eat because we have nothing to do.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:41 am to Robot Santa
yea, it's parking lots then houses. no room for anything to build up unless they demolish some houses
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