Farewell to Turner Field? (merged)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Saying Good-bye As the Braves Leave Atlanta for 'Atlanta'
By Rembert Browne on November 11, 2013 5:34 PM ET

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/82022/saying-good-bye-as-the-braves-leave-atlanta-for-atlanta

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Hey, maybe if they build a new place, the fanbase will be less frontrunner-y! Turner Field is in Atlanta the way Citi Field is in New York... peripherally, and ultimately, a park in the middle of parking lot ocean, rather than a neighborhood. Folks generally drive in/drive out; here's nothing nearby getting a Braves bump on gamedays/during summers. So, y'know, it's not like the city will actually suffer.

yeah, but the 7 train runs directly to Queens and it's not an onerous trip from the island (From Jersey now, well, bleh.)

And Mets fans, admittedly in less opportunity, sell out big games.

Perhaps the Marlins did it wrong, but they moved further into the city and away from the side of the highway and it didn't exactly help much even though there was nowhere to go but up in terms of attendance.

The A's are looking to move from a quick train hop across the bridge to the suburbs as well.

[Guest themetfairy]

The A's aren't a fair comparison - their coliseum is decrepit.

[Ceetar]

themetfairy wrote: The A's aren't a fair comparison - their coliseum is decrepit.

agreed, just meant from a "looking to the suburbs" angle.

[Guest themetfairy]

Ceetar wrote: themetfairy wrote: The A's aren't a fair comparison - their coliseum is decrepit. agreed, just meant from a "looking to the suburbs" angle.

It's more like they're looking towards any viable area that the Giants won't veto.

[HahnSolo]

MFS62 wrote: I'm not sure. The Georgia Dome is also the home field for Georgia Tech. (It may also be school property). If they build a new stadium for the NFL team, the Dome could still remain. I don't think the NFL is too find of a college steam sharing their facilities on a regular basis. Later

Not to veer off topic, but this is inaccurate. Georgia Tech's home games are at Bobby Dodd Stadium, a stone's throw from the aforementioned Varsity fries.

[Frayed Knot]

Atlanta mayor says that Turner Stadium will be demolished after the Braves leave.
I assume the same thing will be true for the only slightly older Georgia Dome as that gets replaced.

In the meantime the Braves AAA affiliate, which the parent club owns and they moved to the suburbs NE of Atlanta a few years back, has fallen short of attendance projections since the move in part because of ... traffic problems.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Maybe they'll build housing with swanky gay bars on the stadium sites. Who needs professional sports teams when they act like leeches?

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

The Marlins stadium used to be incredibly easy to get to -- it had its own exit off the turnpike.

But we went to the new stadium last summer and it wasn't bad in terms of getting there and parking. Now, if they ever actually draw a crowd...

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Atlanta mayor says that Turner Stadium will be demolished after the Braves leave.

Hope they tear down all the championship banners. #OOPS!

Seriously, though, has any stadium ever seen so much overall-success-mixed-with-lack-of-ultimate-triumph in history? Seventeen seasons. Fifteen of them winning ones. Twelve playoff seasons. No championships.

The math on my napkin says that's .571 winning percentage. Any stadium would be lucky to be so winny. But never has its team raised a championship banner.

[G-Fafif]

Whole thing's weird, says guy who doesn't like the Braves but generally assumes they know what they're doing.

[Frayed Knot]

So with 'Indian' names currently under fire and falling out of favor, do they go with a name change when they change venues?
The Cobb Salads, maybe?
The Cobb Tys?

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: So with 'Indian' names currently under fire and falling out of favor, do they go with a name change when they change venues? The Cobb Salads, maybe? The Cobb Tys?

The Georgia Peaches.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

How a Densely Populated Neighborhood Became Turner Field: A Map Essay

[Zvon]

How a Densely Populated Neighborhood Became Turner Field: A Map Essay

JeezeLoueese.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Very new-urban-upscale-shopping-district-y. Fred will start construction on a lake any day now.



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[Lefty Specialist]

"The design respects and embraces the natural topography of the property"

Doesn't bode well for the infielders, then.

[Edgy MD]

The center fielder already has his problems cut out for him by the big logo-shaped cutout in the grass in short center field.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Urban? It looks like the off-ramp of an interstate and an office park.

Besides, doesn't their target audience associate the word "urban" with people who have melanin-enhanced skin?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Not urban, "new-urban."

[Edgy MD]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not urban, "new-urban."

"Nurban."

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Cobb County is the new Qatar!