Atlanta Braves moving to Cobb County

[FSBA]

http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/11/11/atlanta-braves-plan-move-to-cobb-county-by-2017/

The Braves stadium situation is like the Jaguars to an extent. A downtown stadium and a suburban fanbase. The Braves saw the writing on the wall and went where the fans were. It is only a matter of time before the Jaguars decide a stadium somewhere off 295 is a necessity.

[Wacca Pilatka]

http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/11/11/atlanta-braves-plan-move-to-cobb-county-by-2017/

The Braves stadium situation is like the Jaguars to an extent. A downtown stadium and a suburban fanbase. The Braves saw the writing on the wall and went where the fans were. It is only a matter of time before the Jaguars decide a stadium somewhere off 295 is a necessity.

Wow...Turner Field is not an old park, to say the least.

[pierre]

Stunning. I thought it was a hoax at first. I spend a lot of time in Atlanta and had not even heard of this being possible.

Too bad they can't move Turner Field to Tampa.

[KenFSU]

Man, shock of the morning.

Crazy how this didn't leak out earlier.

Turner Field is less than 20 years old.

[KenFSU]

Here's the tract of land for the new stadium.

Approximately 22 miles -- or, 11 hours in Atlanta traffic -- from Turner Field.

[Rynjny]

Wow...Turner Field is only 16 years old..

[Bill Hoff]

Anyone have attendance numbers over the last 5-10 years?

It'll be near 75/285, about 20 minutes north of Downtown.

[icarus]

Hard to believe they are making the move.  It was a pain to get to the stadium from downtown ... bus transfers, etc. .. forget driving .. and no Marta connection.

Its a shame that the move to Cobb County is better for driving but hell and gone from a Marta connection and no real shuttle or BRT connection.

[KenFSU]

It'll be near 75/285, about 20 minutes north of Downtown.

Isn't the proposed site already the most congested area, traffic wise, in all of Cobb County?

Could this be a ploy by the Braves to get more leverage with Atlanta?

If you would have told me about this yesterday, I wouldn't have believed it in a million years.

[JaxByDefault]

"[A]ccess to multiple transportation corridors" is my favorite excuse. The way to solve the transit connection problems with Turner Field is to move to the 'burbs, especially entirely road dependent (and train expansion refusing)  Cobb County? 

Mustering my best former Atlanta resident snottiness: OTP is not Atlanta.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Turner Field is a very nice stadium. Jags are not moving off 295.

[MEGATRON]

http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/11/11/atlanta-braves-plan-move-to-cobb-county-by-2017/

The Braves stadium situation is like the Jaguars to an extent. A downtown stadium and a suburban fanbase. The Braves saw the writing on the wall and went where the fans were. It is only a matter of time before the Jaguars decide a stadium somewhere off 295 is a necessity.

These are not close to comparable situations.

[Tacachale]

Anyone have attendance numbers over the last 5-10 years?

It'll be near 75/285, about 20 minutes north of Downtown.

You can check the attendance here. The Braves have been at about the middle of the league for a number of years.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance

http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/11/11/atlanta-braves-plan-move-to-cobb-county-by-2017/

The Braves stadium situation is like the Jaguars to an extent. A downtown stadium and a suburban fanbase. The Braves saw the writing on the wall and went where the fans were. It is only a matter of time before the Jaguars decide a stadium somewhere off 295 is a necessity.

Not really, this is kind of the opposite of the trend. 30 years ago it was the big thing to build stadiums in the suburbs, but since the 90s it has been much more common to build them in the urban center. What the Braves are presumably getting here is (1) bigger incentives from Cobb than they'd get from CoA, and possibly (2) cheaper land, so they can do more with less money. I highly doubt that Cobb County would be where they'd choose if their main goal was being closer to their "suburban fan base".

They may also see the "writing on the wall" that the Falcons will probably get their wish for a new taxpayer-funded  stadium, which will pretty much sap the taxpayers' will to fund a second facility for the Braves anytime soon.

[KenFSU]

Jags are not moving off 295.

ThEy CoUld if tHeY siGned TEBOW.

[carpnter]

http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/11/11/atlanta-braves-plan-move-to-cobb-county-by-2017/

The Braves stadium situation is like the Jaguars to an extent. A downtown stadium and a suburban fanbase. The Braves saw the writing on the wall and went where the fans were. It is only a matter of time before the Jaguars decide a stadium somewhere off 295 is a necessity.

The Braves play 80 games a year at Turner Field, the Jags play 10, there is a big difference.  From what I've heard, transportation around Turner Field leaves much to be desired.