The Braves are moving to Cobb County

Gary82 said:
I hope they hire a good architect and design a beautiful stadium and add interesting dimensions. Turner Field is so damn vanilla it makes me puke.
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I've thought a lot about that too. This organization has never really had a chance to put their signature on a ballpark. I'm thinking short porch in right for Heyward & Freeman, cavernous CF so fly balls die out there, and more foul territory for cheap outs.
 
chopdrew said:
I've thought a lot about that too. This organization has never really had a chance to put their signature on a ballpark. I'm thinking short porch in right for Heyward & Freeman, cavernous CF so fly balls die out there, and more foul territory for cheap outs.
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... And a time machine for lost playoff games :Alone:
 
I know I speak for the rest of you when I say this, but as a Braves fan, I want what is best for the team and the franchise. If what is best is moving the team to Cobb County, then by all means, do it. I'm just still in shock how much of a secret this was. Usually when you have news this big, someone can't keep it to themselves and the media finds out about it. Especially in this day of social media.
 
I just think it's cool that we are getting a new stadium. Forget all of the externalities. I didn't think we'd get one for another 20 years.
 
CrimsonCowboy said:
I know I speak for the rest of you when I say this, but as a Braves fan, I want what is best for the team and the franchise. If what is best is moving the team to Cobb County, then by all means, do it. I'm just still in shock how much of a secret this was. Usually when you have news this big, someone can't keep it to themselves and the media finds out about it. Especially in this day of social media.
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Braves have always been a tight-lipped organization on every move they make.
 
I wonder if they will hire Janet Marie Smith to work on this project. She has been hired by the Dodgers to renovate their stadium.
 
Honestly, I hope they don't do anything too wacky with field dimensions. Historically parks that heavily favor hitters (Coors, GAB), or pitchers (Petco, Safeco) feature home teams that struggle to contend. Give me a mostly neutral playing field any day.

If they want to go crazy beyond the field, though, be my guest. Give us another giant cow with a tomahawk, a giant dartboard with Fredi's face on it, whatever. Just don't mess with the field itself.

And for god's sake, no flag pole on a hill like they've got in Houston.
 
weso1 said:
I just think it's cool that we are getting a new stadium. Forget all of the externalities. I didn't think we'd get one for another 20 years.
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Well, "new stadium" doesn't always equate to "better stadium." Lets hope it does in this case.

But I'm the sort of fan that wishes teams would just build a stadium and stick with it for a couple centuries. For instance: I might loathe a lot of the "fans" inside Wrigley, but I love the edifice that is Wrigley. If teams build a new stadium every twenty or thirty years, that patina of history is never given a chance to germinate.
 
jpx7 said:
Well, "new stadium" doesn't always equate to "better stadium." Lets hope it does in this case.

But I'm the sort of fan that wishes teams would just build a stadium and stick with it for a couple centuries. For instance: I might loathe a lot of the "fans" inside Wrigley, but I love the edifice that is Wrigley. If teams build a new stadium every twenty or thirty years, that patina of history is never given a chance to germinate.
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Turner Field sucks because it wasn't meant for baseball, they only modified it to become a baseball stadium. This new stadium will be constructed first and foremost as a baseball stadium.

So hopefully it is better.
 
Been watching and reading some of the Atlanta news coverage today. This is going to be easy for me to say because I'm all the way out here on the outskirts of Mobile, Alabama and not in Atlanta. It seems to me maybe a part of this is the Braves feel the mayor and other city leaders went out of their way to give the Falcons what they wanted for their billion dollar stadium, while not doing the same for the Braves. It's not like they were asking Atlanta for a new ballpark. Just funds to improve Turner Field. Maybe I'm off base.

Those of you in Atlanta, could that be part of the reason?
 
It's a total of 60 acres. They only need 15 acres for the stadium footprint. There's 25 acres directly attached to the stadium for parking and then they have 20 acres lining Circle 75 for Braves team offices and what they said will be like a Braves village, full of restaurants, bars, and shops.
 
CrimsonCowboy said:
Been watching and reading some of the Atlanta news coverage today. This is going to be easy for me to say because I'm all the way out here on the outskirts of Mobile, Alabama and not in Atlanta. It seems to me maybe a part of this is the Braves feel the mayor and other city leaders went out of their way to give the Falcons what they wanted for their billion dollar stadium, while not doing the same for the Braves. It's not like they were asking Atlanta for a new ballpark. Just funds to improve Turner Field. Maybe I'm off base.

Those of you in Atlanta, could that be part of the reason?
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Absolutely. From all I've read, the Braves have made multiple requests to Atlanta over matters regarding the stadium and the surrounding property, and have been all but ignored. I'm sure the Falcons' stadium was one of the last straws.

It's kind of like if you live in an apartment, and your landlord ignores all your service requests. Once your lease is up, you're more than welcome to go out and find someone willing to treat you better. And apparently the Braves believe they've found that in Cobb county. Now whether they're right or not, is another question...

And by all reports, nothing has been signed yet. They could be playing chicken with the entire city of Atlanta. You never know.
 
KeithLockhart said:
Turner Field sucks because it wasn't meant for baseball, they only modified it to become a baseball stadium. This new stadium will be constructed first and foremost as a baseball stadium.

So hopefully it is better.
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I neither loved nor hated Turner Field merely as a structure — though I do have a lot of great memories accrued there. I'm more commenting on the general and perpetual new-stadium cycle in US sports, which I find depressing and disgusting; but, to a certain degree, those circumstances don't align with this instance, because Turner Field wasn't constructed as a first-and-foremost baseball venue.
 
I just found out about this. I'm in total shock.

I guess I am in the minority, but I love Turner Field. It was the first place I ever saw an MLB game, and I have so many good memories from over the years.

The new spot will be better for me when I visit once a year because I stay to the North, but... I am having trouble wrapping my mind around this.
 
the stadium can look worse than the disaster the marlins have for all I care.

What I want to see is a significant raise in payroll. None of this payroll may go up and we stay at the same payroll garbage that weve had for the past 10 years. The braves will get a massive influx of cash now. And its gonna be thanks to tax payers money they better reinvest a significant part of that on field talent.
 
I've had the opportunity to catch games at all of the stadiums in the NL East, and although I guess it's not really fair to compare since we have the oldest by far, in terms of what are of the other 4 have to offer we are definitely lagging behind. Although I love Turner Field because of how personalized it is to all things Braves and Braves history (the Mets could learn a serious lesson from this), overall I'd rank them Citi Field, Marlins Park, Nationals Park, Citizens Bank Park, Turner Field.
 
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