Atlanta Braves moving to Cobb County in 2017

[MoneyTron]

Wow brehs. We did it, we did it.

I don't know if I'm even going to be living here in 3 years but that's a big come up. That placed will be packed 24/7. Demographics and location fit perfectly.

Opens up downtown a little as the Falcons and Braves will be in two seperate areas now. I've always wondered why the Hawks and braves didn't move out to the suburbs as well.

 

[The_Sheff]

That is possibly the most congested traffic spot in the city. 285 at Cobb Parkway is a parking lot during rush hour.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Wow brehs. We did it, we did it.

I don't know if I'm even going to be living here in 3 years but that's a big come up. That placed will be packed 24/7. Demographics and location fit perfectly.

Opens up downtown a little as the Falcons and Braves will be in two seperate areas now. I've always wondered why the Hawks and braves didn't move out to the suburbs as well.

Celebrating a team moving from its downtown??? Theyre going to regret it move back when they realize why their attendance ia a fraction of what it once was.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

What are they doing with Turner Field? It's not even that old of a stadium

 

[MoneyTron]

Celebrating a team moving from its downtown??? Theyre going to regret it move back when they realize why their attendance ia a fraction of what it once was.

42,000 seat stadium and it will sell out every game breh. Georgia football is the only thing competing with the Braves in this area. Atlanta is a suburban sprawl capital. Being downtown doesn't mean much for the Braves because they know the demographics. There's more people in Cobb than the city of Atlanta itself. The Falcons staying downtown makes sense though.

What are they doing with Turner Field? It's not even that old of a stadium

The lease is up. Who knows what happens now.

 

[The_Sheff]

Celebrating a team moving from its downtown??? Theyre going to regret it move back when they realize why their attendance ia a fraction of what it once was.

Actually most of the fans that attend Braves games are from the northern suburbs.

The problem is the stretch of highway where they want to build the stadium absolutely cannot handle that traffic currently.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

What are they doing with Turner Field? It's not even that old of a stadium

Bow Wow and Ludacris will buy it

 

[Captain Crunch]

I know those taxpayers mad that the stadium just got built, yet the Braves are moving.

 

[AVXL]

I'm literally disgusted by this announcement. Disgusted by the fact that the Braves are moving from downtown (which further blights the Summerhill, Peoplestown, Mechanicsville communities), disgusted that they feel the need to abandon Turner Field (which was the Olympic Stadium for the 96 Games), disgusted since the Braves have been downtown since they moved here in 1966.

And oh BTW, this part of town (I live a few miles from where they will build the new stadium) is already congested from 285 & I-75 traffic DAILY will now try to accommodate another 40-50,000 people b/w 4-7 pm every day during the summer. There's also no MARTA line there, the closest is Cobb County transit. Terrible news, I don't know how any Atlantan can be happy for this move

 

[keond]

They will officially be White metro Atlanta's team now.

By Tim Tucker

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Braves plan to build a new stadium in Cobb County and move there from Turner Field at the start of the 2017 season, team officials said today.

Braves executives John Schuerholz, Mike Plant and Derek Schiller, in a meeting with a small group of reporters, said the new ballpark will be built at the northwest intersection of I-75 and I-285 in the Galleria/Cumberland Mall area. They said the team has “secured” 60 acres of land for the project.

The Braves said the project will be built in partnership with Cobb County. They indicated that Cobb County would provide public funds toward building the stadium but declined to provide details on that.

The Braves have played in downtown Atlanta since moving here from Milwaukee in 1966 and have played in Turner Field since 1997.

The team officials said the Braves will play the next three seasons at Turner Field before moving to Cobb. The Braves’ 20-season lease at Turner Field expires after the 2016 season.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Actually most of the fans that attend Braves games are from the northern suburbs.

The problem is the stretch of highway where they want to build the stadium absolutely cannot handle that traffic currently.

they said the same thing about the Pistons when they move to Auburn Hills. This is shockingly similar. Obviously I don't have much memory of that time but the retrospect I've heard something just like this commentary and now everybody wants them to move back to Detroit because nobody wants to go all the way to fukking Auburn Hills unless you live there already.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

Atlanta politicians (current ones) are dumbasses to the 9th degree. cobb county does not deserve to reap that revenue first of all, second, we just gonna diss the olympic stadium like it aint even twenty years old- why can't the falcons play there since the braves are moving? the government is funding two non-needed billion dollar stadiums, instead of improving the transportation infrastructure. dumbasses, and eventually they will realize their error but too late. its like the bears and cubs saying fukk chicago, were moving to joliet

 

[keond]

I'm literally disgusted by this announcement. Disgusted by the fact that the Braves are moving from downtown (which further blights the Summerhill, Peoplestown, Mechanicsville communities), disgusted that they feel the need to abandon Turner Field (which was the Olympic Stadium for the 96 Games), disgusted since the Braves have been downtown since they moved here in 1966.

And oh BTW, this part of town (I live a few miles from where they will build the new stadium) is already congested from 285 & I-75 traffic DAILY will now try to accommodate another 40-50,000 people b/w 4-7 pm every day during the summer. There's also no MARTA line there, the closest is Cobb County transit. Terrible news, I don't know how any Atlantan can be happy for this move

They are trying to get away from "you know who"

 

[mastermind]

publicly fund your sports franchise stadium only 16 years after they moved to this new stadium and hosted the olympics and move it out of downtown, brehs

 

[AVXL]

Celebrating a team moving from its downtown??? Theyre going to regret it move back when they realize why their attendance ia a fraction of what it once was.

Quite the contrary my breh. The Braves fans, more so than Hawks or Falcons fans, are from the white flight influenced suburbs, specifically the northwest part of Georgia (which is more easily accessible via i-75). The part of downtown Atlanta where the Braves play is predominantly black & poor. You got white folks walking through the hood getting to the games now. That won't be an issue at this new location