Atlanta Braves Moving In The Burbs In 2017

[pavyracer]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/braves-build-stadium-opens-2017-143511833--mlb.html

I'd tell you what. This is the smartest decision the Braves have ever made. I hate the location of Turner Field. It's impossible to park and you can get mugged if you turn in the wrong street.

They are moving to Cobb County since the Braves AAA team is already in Gwinnett Co.

[firedawg]

Cool .......

[firedawg]

Grew up in Cobb co.

[Ra77er]

Fulton County stadium was my last visit to see the Braves, I always sat behind the Jackaroo sign in right. No better place to be for batting practice and Fred Mcgriff homers

[firedawg]

Or Horner and big big Murphy

[Noles1992]

Yeah lived there for 12 years and went to HS @ the rock. Went to many games at Fulton for both the Falcons and the Bravos. I personally like Turner field other than the parking . Where in Cobb are they moving them? Probably catch them now that there closer to the Perfect game Prospect tourney in E.cobb. I travel to every summer

[ksnooksk]

Awesome news. Love The Ted and all...but, attendance needed a boost. People shyed away from the cross-town commutes down to the current location as it is now.

[Ra77er]

Rumors we may get Brandon Phillips for Uggly?? Not really meant to hijack here, Im just all fukkin nostalgic now. I wish I lived closer to ATL, had to go to Rockies game to see Chipper's last game, it got rain delayed for two hours, I stayed for the whole thing drunk as hell by the time it finished (we won 12-10).

[Noles1992]

That's funny, at least you got too see it though

[pavyracer]

Yeah lived there for 12 years and went to HS @ the rock. Went to many games at Fulton for both the Falcons and the Bravos. I personally like Turner field other than the parking . Where in Cobb are they moving them? Probably catch them now that there closer to the Perfect game Prospect tourney in E.cobb. I travel to every summer

They say it will be at the intersection of 75 and 285. Who knows if they put it next to the Hooch we could catch home runs in the water like they do in San Francisco.

[jjgold]

Atlanta and Miami the two worst sports cities in the world

[goduke]

I hope this will start bringing the fans to pack the stadium like it used to be at Fulton

[Noles1992]

They say it will be at the intersection of 75 and 285. Who knows if they put it next to the Hooch we could catch home runs in the water like they do in San Francisco.

LMAO! That would be fun! The freeking traffic though could be worse that going downtown?

[Ra77er]

+1 for Duke

Gold what are you even talking about here

[Noles1992]

Atlanta and Miami the two worst sports cities in the world

Yeah probably for a filling the stands point of view .the weird thing is they probably put out more Pro Football and Baseball players, than most cities

[pavyracer]

LMAO! That would be fun! The freeking traffic though could be worse that going downtown?

It could be bad on weekdays on night games. However since most people work around that area, close to 400 and 285 it will increase attendance since it will become a popular place to go to games after work and in the summer the families will bring the kids to the ballpark since it will be a short drive back home.

I live next to the Gwinnett Braves stadium and the place is packed every time we go cause people don't want to drive to downtown with their kids.

[firedawg]

where in cobb pavy?

[Noles1992]

Yeah that's True Pavy!

[pavyracer]

where in cobb pavy?

My guess it will be in the area around Cobb Galleria (I75 & I285 intersection)

[Noles1992]

Yeah and the Galleria pretty dormant these days from what I saw 2 summers ago, when I was sitting at Jocks and Jills. NEW stadium Will help the area boom again

[BuddyBear]

Wonder if the taxpayers will be on the hook for the new stadium?

[RudyRuetigger]

My guess it will be in the area around Cobb Galleria (I75 & I285 intersection)

your guess

or did you fukkin read it like the other millions of people.

[pavyracer]

Wonder if the taxpayers will be on the hook for the new stadium?

They will be on the hook but Cobb Co can afford it since they are in 6% sales tax compared to 9% in the city of Atlanta. Also the options the Braves had was either pay $350 million to upgrade Turner Field or pay $200 for a new stadiumin Cobb.

[pavyracer]

your guess

or did you fukkin read it like the other millions of people.

They only said I75 & I285 intersection in reports. Being familiar with the area I think they will want to place it somewhere with some existing infrastructure like Cobb Galleria.

[BuddyBear]

They will be on the hook but Cobb Co can afford it since they are in 6% sales tax compared to 9% in the city of Atlanta. Also the options the Braves had was either pay $350 million to upgrade Turner Field or pay $200 for a new stadiumin Cobb.

Why should taxpayers be footing the bill for a stadium for a private business? It would be one thing if the stadium was open to the public and teams and groups could reserve the stadium for their games or outings or conferences or whatever when it was available but it is not. I find the public financing of professional sport team stadiums the most ridiculous thing ever....and not to mention the stadium they are moving out of is less than 20 years old in perfect condition. Yeah I get why they are doing it...but they did not think of the location before?

[daneblazer]

Grew up in Cobb co.

So did the Big Bossman

[firedawg]

So did the Big Bossman

high school with buff lol... I used to work out with steiners also at stacks gym in Woodstock

[pavyracer]

Why should taxpayers be footing the bill for a stadium for a private business? It would be one thing if the stadium was open to the public and teams and groups could reserve the stadium for their games or outings or conferences or whatever when it was available but it is not. I find the public financing of professional sport team stadiums the most ridiculous thing ever....and not to mention the stadium they are moving out of is less than 20 years old in perfect condition. Yeah I get why they are doing it...but they did not think of the location before?

Well the County will make money from sales taxes, property taxes, etc from revitalizing the area. So it's not really the taxpayers who foot the bill. It's the businesses who off course depend on the customers to stay profitable. They are not going to ask the taxpayers for a $100 check each to build the stadium.

[daneblazer]

Impressive they pulled this off without leaking it to the press.

Now Atlanta has a relatively newer Unused baseball stadium close to downtown

[BarkingToad]

What a ripoff, a 17 year old stadium isn't good enough anymore? If these new cathedrals teams play in are such great deals, how come rich people aren't investing in them instead of taxpayers?

[pavyracer]

Don't forget that Turner Field wasn't built for the Braves. It was built for the 96 Olympic games and then they pass it on to the Braves. The Braves were just leasing it from the city.

[BarkingToad]

Don't forget that Turner Field wasn't built for the Braves. It was built for the 96 Olympic games and then they pass it on to the Braves. The Braves were just leasing it from the city.

Yeah, you got a point there.

[pokernut9999]

Grew up in Cobb co.

So did I

[firedawg]

whens falcons new place going to be built?

[firedawg]

So did I

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