"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
said it better than i can but hits home to when people ask me what i feel about the spot and i said "it's too polished and feels fake"
give me a local dive bar near by that has people pissed about the team in there day drinking and eating wings that might not be able to pass a healthcode as opposed to these "fake" restaurants. it's just has a weird feel at times.
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
GovClintonTyree (08-11-2017), Hawk (08-11-2017), jpx7 (08-11-2017)
I'm glad you said "fake" restaurants. When I hear plan developed restaurants, it just screams tourist trap to me. A bunch of sparkling new looking places that serve overpriced food for people without tastebuds or better options. I guess I'll have to see for myself though.
jpx7 (08-11-2017)
GovClintonTyree (08-11-2017)
You really do have to be an insufferable douchebag to write for deadspin.
DirkPiggler (08-11-2017), GovClintonTyree (08-11-2017)
We're vacationing in the South this week, and Tuesday was my first trip to STP. The ballpark itself was nice and made for a good experience. The Battery development in general though just seemed generic and cheaply built. I'll admit that I'm a little biased against the idea of suburban sprawl ballparks, but even leaving that aside . . . the whole complex just seemed like a concept that wasn't executed to it's full potential.
They got fox bros BBQ. Strong
Ivermectin Man
Oh... now we need to ensure and force diversity at baseball parks.
jpx7 (08-11-2017), The Chosen One (08-11-2017)
LOL
I flew threw ATL last week. Missed my chance. I'll check it out next time through. I'm expecting a planned urban neighborhood that happens to have a ballpark in it.
I think I still prefer the sterile prefab stuff to the liquor store with bars on the windows and doors, panhandlers, and paying a young entrepreneur $20 to "secure" my car on a vacant lot.
Did you happen to catch a glimpse of Mercedes-Benz stadium on approach? Now that is an impressive looking stadium (especially from above). And not just because of its spectacular roof, 100-yard bars, creative seating concepts, and technological wonders ... (for extra oohs, read up on what they've envisioned for the old Dome site)
But ... behold ... this:
Think about that when you are choking down your $20 Antico pizza or $13 H+F burger at the WASPiest ballpark in America.
For all of the negative things that I've said about Atlanta's urban design/development, the Centennial Park area does give me a small glimmer of hope for the future of the metro area.
I still maintain that with just a little bit of cooperation, public input, and, um, transparency, the same type of plan might have been hashed around the Turner Field area.
Last edited by Hawk; 08-11-2017 at 10:19 AM.
Hawk (08-11-2017)
It's pretty much a guarantee that food is going to suck. Don't get me wrong, it's a great idea from the Falcons, and the Braves considered doing something similar. But it is likely that the cheap food is going to be pretty crappy and that they will eventually increase those prices.
And yes, I honestly would rather pay extra for Antico and H&F than get whatever that $3 pizza slice ends up being. Plus, $3 for a pizza slice is $24 for a whole pizza. So you're not saving money there vs. Antico.
As a California native who is a fan of the Falcons and Braves, I'm rooting for whatever makes each team the most money.
But aren't you leaving out the part about PSLs with the Falcons? From what I understand the prices of food at that stadium are almost any empty gesture meant to overcompensate for the ridiculous price to attend a game.
I don't really have time to address the topic right now, but the public financing hustle in general and the Cobb County thing in particular have really curdled my affection for the Braves above the dugout level. I've been to a Braves game every year since I was a kid, but this year my sports entertainment $ will be spent watching ATL UTD.
FWIW, I'm an admitted chauvinist in the urb vs suburb ATL debate. I spent nearly a quarter of my life there, mostly living in and around the same areas that people cavalierly dismiss as undesirable. I didn't go outside the perimeter if I could help it, and I don't think I missed much. Atlanta urban development has been generally pretty bad (with a lot of recent positive developments) but sprawling out into the burbs and flooding the world with monoculture and exhaust particulate hardly seems like an answer.