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re: OT - how good do Atlanta Braves officials feel about the move to Cobb County now?
Posted on 7/21/21 at 8:47 am to ATLabama
Posted on 7/21/21 at 8:47 am to ATLabama
All in all - here's my thoughts:
(1) I don't hate the Battery/Truist - I just think when you build something new, you should go the extra-mile and make it special; something that is almost beyond it's time as the structure stands for 15-30 years. Mercedes-Benz Stadium does it. Cowboys Stadium did it. Baseball wise, the new Yankees stadium, Citi Field, Bush Stadium, PetCo Park, and Citizens Bank all crushed it. Even thought the location of Globe Life in Arlington sucks (40 minutes from Dallas and 35 from Ft. Worth with traffic), that stadium is wayyyy more next-gen than Truist.
(2) The information I'm relaying regarding the stadium is just what I've heard from a reliable source. Take it for what it's worth. Two facts: (a) Cobb wasn't the first choice, and (b) they felt miffed by the city because they wouldn't even talk to them about sites until the Falcons deal was done. Those are truths.
(3) I don't care that they moved the stadium from downtown, I just think that area of Atlanta is literally a plain-vanilla no-man's land. If I were to drop someone there and remove any "Braves" signage and tell them they were in east Nashville, you couldn't definitively say otherwise. Say what you want, but a part of the experience is being tied to something unique to the venue/city. The arch backdrop in St. Louis. Wrigleyville in Chicago. Chavez Ravine in LA. The city backdrop and stadium center in Philly. Yawkey way in Fenway. Being in LoDo in Denver. The iconic Camden Yards scape. The river just beyond the wall in Pittsburgh or the cove in SF. I could go on and on, but, there's a reason why I think the location is lame as hell and outside visitors give the experience a lukewarm "meh." The idea of the battery is great. Awesome, even. They just should have brought in more local "true to Atlanta" spots, and put it somewhere else. Honestly, the Doraville spot would have been 10X better - at least you can get to it by rail.
I'll always be a Braves fan, but we're the freaking Braves, not the Brewers. We've got a top-5 fanbase and we deserve a complex that rivals the Yankees, Cubs, and Red Sox, not the Wide World of Sports reincarnate.
(1) I don't hate the Battery/Truist - I just think when you build something new, you should go the extra-mile and make it special; something that is almost beyond it's time as the structure stands for 15-30 years. Mercedes-Benz Stadium does it. Cowboys Stadium did it. Baseball wise, the new Yankees stadium, Citi Field, Bush Stadium, PetCo Park, and Citizens Bank all crushed it. Even thought the location of Globe Life in Arlington sucks (40 minutes from Dallas and 35 from Ft. Worth with traffic), that stadium is wayyyy more next-gen than Truist.
(2) The information I'm relaying regarding the stadium is just what I've heard from a reliable source. Take it for what it's worth. Two facts: (a) Cobb wasn't the first choice, and (b) they felt miffed by the city because they wouldn't even talk to them about sites until the Falcons deal was done. Those are truths.
(3) I don't care that they moved the stadium from downtown, I just think that area of Atlanta is literally a plain-vanilla no-man's land. If I were to drop someone there and remove any "Braves" signage and tell them they were in east Nashville, you couldn't definitively say otherwise. Say what you want, but a part of the experience is being tied to something unique to the venue/city. The arch backdrop in St. Louis. Wrigleyville in Chicago. Chavez Ravine in LA. The city backdrop and stadium center in Philly. Yawkey way in Fenway. Being in LoDo in Denver. The iconic Camden Yards scape. The river just beyond the wall in Pittsburgh or the cove in SF. I could go on and on, but, there's a reason why I think the location is lame as hell and outside visitors give the experience a lukewarm "meh." The idea of the battery is great. Awesome, even. They just should have brought in more local "true to Atlanta" spots, and put it somewhere else. Honestly, the Doraville spot would have been 10X better - at least you can get to it by rail.
I'll always be a Braves fan, but we're the freaking Braves, not the Brewers. We've got a top-5 fanbase and we deserve a complex that rivals the Yankees, Cubs, and Red Sox, not the Wide World of Sports reincarnate.
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Posted on 7/22/21 at 7:50 pm to ATLabama
Yep, you're a hipster.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:43 am to ATLabama
quote:Been to all of these except PetCo. As much as it pains me to say, Citizens Bank is the nicest of these.
the new Yankees stadium, Citi Field, Bush Stadium, PetCo Park, and Citizens
quote:I agree with you here, but lets discuss the "new" stadiums.
part of the experience is being tied to something unique to the venue/city. The arch backdrop in St. Louis. Wrigleyville in Chicago. Chavez Ravine in LA. The city backdrop and stadium center in Philly. Yawkey way in Fenway. Being in LoDo in Denver. The iconic Camden Yards scape. The river just beyond the wall in Pittsburgh or the cove in SF.
The area outside Yankee stadium sucks. I had no desire to hang out in the area after the game ended.
Citi Field (and Yankees fans call it Shiti Field,
) is in the middle of nowhere. There is absolutely nothing to incentivize staying in the area surrounding the Philadelphia stadiums after the game ends. Every time we left and went to the City Center area of Philly.
They had just finished the Fox Sports hangout thing in St. Louis last time I was there. I like the area immediately surrounding Busch Stadium, but if you venture a block further than the "baseball area", then you're in Indian country.
The "nice" part of the Inner Harbor is shrinking in Baltimore. If you don't park in the lots between Camden and M&T Bank Stadium then you need to get your car out of the area pretty damn quick.
Stadium wise, Truist is as nice as any of these stadiums, but I agree with you that it is missing something iconic to Atlanta.
My critique about The Battery: I wish there were more Atlanta or Georgia unique things in the Battery. Every major city has a Yard House. A PBR Bar with Coors Banquet shite all over it but never has any Coors Banquet to serve in a city that isn't exactly known for rodeo is fake as shite. Walburgers? fricking please...
The stadium and The Battery do need some character.
Having the cookie cutter chains may have worked in the Braves favor during last season though. Those chains can take the hit of having to pay rent without any income from those locations much better than if The Varsity or something like that had a location in The Battery.
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