Turner Field isn't that old, but the Braves plan to move out of the park by when their lease ends anyway. The news has seemingly come out of nowhere, but it's happening all the same. The Braves will move out of Turner Field and into a new stadium in , according to the Marietta Daily Journal and now, the Braves themselves. It's "seemingly" out of nowhere only because the Braves have been dropping hints about dissatisfaction with the location and with their current ballpark for some time now.
With their year lease up in , now is the time to push for relocation or renovation, and the Braves decided to go big with a new home. Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was the previous home of the Braves, with the team switching over following the Olympics and the removal of huge swaths of temporary seating. That stadium was located across the street from Turner, and the Braves played in the old home from through While Atlanta has only been in Turner Field since , they've been in that particular neighborhood since their initial move to Georgia from Milwaukee, when they became the first team in the South back in I'm not saying it's a bad place, but it doesn't match up with where the majority of our fans come from.
The ease with which the Braves could relocate to Turner, which was at least newer than Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, even if it wasn't meant to be baseball-specific, is what kept them in downtown Atlanta even eight years after they considered leaving the county entirely.
Other reasons why taxpayers keep building stadiums; comes from a PolicyMatters journal titled "Homefield Economics: The Public Financing of Stadiums" by Christoper Diedrich, from the University of California that believes:.
We want teams in our cities not because they make our city more prestigious or economically important, but rather because they help make us proud to live where we do, and because they give us something to talk about with our neighbors and coworkers.
We want sports teams because we love sports — our fandom helps us define ourselves as individuals and, taken collectively, our support of a team helps develop a communal identity. If teams create a sense of community identity and conversational, for many taxpayers to keep voting for these tax-exemptions, tax increases or city bonds to fund new stadiums; then this community identity has a high price. Some teams have no loyalty to the city's community by being sold off or moved; since the team is not owned by the fans or taxpayers, like the Green Bay Packers.
There are four reasons to building a stadium, other than increasing club seats and being one of the few stadiums in America, with a retractable roof. One is when fans hear the team is leaving: A standard scare tactic.
Recently, there have been rumors the Falcons are moving. Governor Nathan Deal was asked about the Falcons being moving to L. Goodell said, Atlanta could compete against other markets for that right, if they build a new stadium. Yet failed the bid, because of a ice-storm and murders in Buckhead, by Ravens' Ray Lewis. Thirdly new stadiums, increase the value of the team.
Lastly the reason to build; is the promise of redevelopment. Turner Field was built in , as an Olympic venue to jump-start businesses and retail, yet in 16 years; there is only 1 hotel and very few restaurants, with many parking lots. The Dome, was also promised to jump-start the area in There are two new businesses moving near the Dome.
After 20 years of disinvestment in both Vine City and English Avenue, the new stadium has many residents looking for a cure. Byron Amos, president of Capacity Builders Inc.
They should have built, a live-work-play styled gated community, like other parts of Atlanta. Turner Field's FanPlex for Braves fans, was closed in , only after being open for 18 months. There are only a few clusters of restaurants, near the Dome. There are some shopping, restaurants, gated community and condos, north of the Dome; beyond Marietta Street-Northside Drive intersections to Howell Mill.
Other than location and redevelopment, there is the issue of ticket costs; which always increases with new stadiums and prices out fans. Lower-bowl ticket holders, were forced to upgrade to premium seat prices. Some projects do not specify resources or funding, like infrastructure and land acquisition; which happened with the Texas Rangers and Miami Marlins. Other than the cost to fans by stadiums; what about the local infrastructure and their funding?
When projects were completed, these 5 TADs kept getting more public subsidies, when they did not need them. The Atlanta City Council now oversees the use of funds on new projects, after the audit. Some see this as slowing down the process, and making TADs less attractive, as a redevelopment tool for developers and community organizations; but they need oversight. Celtic Rangers. Toggle navigation Subscribe. By Tim Graham Aug 10, Why do the Bills need a new stadium?
Where the aforementioned landmarks could be retrofitted and refurbished to create 21st century fan destinations, complete with amenities and seating options to increase revenue, so much money would be sunk into Highmark Stadium merely to keep it upright. Why does Pegula Sports and Entertainment insist on taxpayers funding the entire project? Although that has been the narrative since a lopsidedly sourced Buffalo News report emerged nine days ago, PSE does not and will not expect taxpayers to carry the full load.
Already a subscriber? Log In. Subscribe now to get full access to the new sports page. Must read content, player grades, stuff you can't get anywhere else. But by the time the new stadium is built it will be And when stadiums get past a certain age, they need to have massive improvements to stay both easy to maintain and innovative enough to keep people coming to them. On top of that, they need to not have the dark and dreary feeling that the inside of the Georgia Dome has always had.
Not to mention when the Dome was first built, the outside of it was pink and green. Not red and black like it should have been. But I digress til later.
But the last time Atlanta had one was over a decade ago, and it was considered a terrible stadium and city experience. They want a retractable roof. This way they can keep hosting Final Fours. They can keep hosting WrestleManias. They can even start hosting things like the World Cup. And who knows? Maybe Atlanta can get another Olympics! But these things won't happen without the new stadium. As a writer—and this may sound a bit self serving— the Dome doesn't give great photo quality for pictures to use in articles or in features due to the lack of light in the building.
As a whole, it's a very dark venue inside and isn't very welcoming—for fans or for teams. And that's not the personality that Blank has. He's a business man, but he's also someone who wants to leave his mark on the city, not just the Atlanta Falcons. What better way to do that than the new stadium? Oh, and the biggest argument against the stadium of the team wanting the city and state to foot most of the bill?
That's 20 percent Let's take a look at the different impacts the new stadium would have and in there, we'll explore how the Georgia Dome doesn't help, but actually hinders each issue:.
It's the 11th oldest stadium in the NFL right now despite "not being old enough to drink" as Josh puts it. The 10 stadiums that are older than the Georgia Dome:. Chicago 's Soldier Field opened in It's undergone multiple massive renovations and was completely re-built in at the same site. Green Bay 's Lambeau Field opened in
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