A lot of the bitching about the Braves rebuild has kinda subsided lately because of Upton, Miller, Simmons, Wood, Avilan and Heyward are all having shitty years so far. It would help if Olivera and Markakis didn't suck though
What do you think about the new stadium they're building?
It's a total political thing between the city, the team and the new county. It's not really that big of a deal that they're leaving the city because the address will still read "Atlanta, GA" because it's so close, but the way the Cobb County gov't just greenlit the project without any public support the way they did pissed everybody off. Then, the site they're putting it at is already a traffic disaster. I mean, the whole fucking city is a traffic mess, but when they get that stadium there it's gonna be like watching paint dry getting through that area any game afternoon. The real cherry on top is that Turner Field is a beautiful stadium that's only 20 years old. It has public sentiment because it was the site of most of the Olympic shit from '96. They actually built the stadium for the Olympics, then tore half of it off and rebuilt it to suit the Braves, so it was an exhaustive venue to build and finance to begin with and that's not lost on anyone. The major perk about the project is that Turner Field is and always has been located in the middle of one of the poorest shitholes in the city. The parking there is a maze because all of the streets leading to the stadium are one-way. So, if you choose to not use the overpriced, hard to navigate stadium parking, the local thugs are likely to rob your car while you're inside after the bums bug you and your kids for change. The new place is built next to 2 malls with a bustling bar scene, so the exterior experience of going to the games will improve dramatically. Tax politics in the metro area are kinky because they merged a northern county called Milton County (home to most local celebrities) with Fulton County (where most of Atlanta exists) to help blend tax money into the area the city rests in. That's not cool with the old Milton County people, and they have money, so they fight a lot of shit the city needs for improvements. That struggle has strangled a lot of the improvements the city has needed pretty much for my entire lifetime. It's a big reason the traffic/rail system is such a joke. Sans the City of Atlanta, Georgia is heavily conservative and North Fulton is it's Rush Limbaugh-Republican fortress. They're already pissed off because they bus up kids (read: "niggers") from the inner city to their rich high schools, they're not about to give just about anything else in to the city. Anyway, now those people have in-effect pushed the Braves out, losing a source of tax revenue at the same time they're being billed in part for the new Falcons stadium...which is another fiasco.
God, what a wreck. It looks a lot like the plan was to build a few buildings around there and then someone just came to work and said "hey, what if we put the braves here." The developers are sooo involved in building up that area that they seem like they don't even give a shit that spending so much money to build the new stadium is dumb.
God, what a wreck. It looks a lot like the plan was to build a few buildings around there and then someone just came to work and said "hey, what if we put the braves here." The developers are sooo involved in building up that area that they seem like they don't even give a shit that spending so much money to build the new stadium is dumb.
It will almost definitely come out some time in the next 5-8 years (if not sooner) that one of the councilmen that approved the new stadium is benefitting heavily from the land deal. The entire thing reeks of corruption
They just finished this park down the road from me. Todd grew up here and played high school and college ball with my uncle. He has a bunch of real estate in the area and built a neighborhood named after Justin Verlander. Figured Jay and Rex would dig since he was best when he was a Tiger
I never met him. He used to fly my uncle and his family up to Detroit during his first stint there to hang out. My uncle says he's a great guy, but he got a little disillusioned by people constantly asking him for money and perks. He says when he would go up to visit, Todd would just buy everything for him without him asking because Todd was so used to everyone just leeching off him all the time. I figure most successful ballplayers get that though.
Yeah that's why I said beating Cleveland is kind of important. Their starting pitching is by far the best in the division so a wild card spot might be the best we can hope for. We're not making up ground with at best 3/5 of a good rotation.
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It's a total political thing between the city, the team and the new county. It's not really that big of a deal that they're leaving the city because the address will still read "Atlanta, GA" because it's so close, but the way the Cobb County gov't just greenlit the project without any public support the way they did pissed everybody off. Then, the site they're putting it at is already a traffic disaster. I mean, the whole fucking city is a traffic mess, but when they get that stadium there it's gonna be like watching paint dry getting through that area any game afternoon. The real cherry on top is that Turner Field is a beautiful stadium that's only 20 years old. It has public sentiment because it was the site of most of the Olympic shit from '96. They actually built the stadium for the Olympics, then tore half of it off and rebuilt it to suit the Braves, so it was an exhaustive venue to build and finance to begin with and that's not lost on anyone. The major perk about the project is that Turner Field is and always has been located in the middle of one of the poorest shitholes in the city. The parking there is a maze because all of the streets leading to the stadium are one-way. So, if you choose to not use the overpriced, hard to navigate stadium parking, the local thugs are likely to rob your car while you're inside after the bums bug you and your kids for change. The new place is built next to 2 malls with a bustling bar scene, so the exterior experience of going to the games will improve dramatically. Tax politics in the metro area are kinky because they merged a northern county called Milton County (home to most local celebrities) with Fulton County (where most of Atlanta exists) to help blend tax money into the area the city rests in. That's not cool with the old Milton County people, and they have money, so they fight a lot of shit the city needs for improvements. That struggle has strangled a lot of the improvements the city has needed pretty much for my entire lifetime. It's a big reason the traffic/rail system is such a joke. Sans the City of Atlanta, Georgia is heavily conservative and North Fulton is it's Rush Limbaugh-Republican fortress. They're already pissed off because they bus up kids (read: "niggers") from the inner city to their rich high schools, they're not about to give just about anything else in to the city. Anyway, now those people have in-effect pushed the Braves out, losing a source of tax revenue at the same time they're being billed in part for the new Falcons stadium...which is another fiasco.
Like I said...a mess
They just finished this park down the road from me. Todd grew up here and played high school and college ball with my uncle. He has a bunch of real estate in the area and built a neighborhood named after Justin Verlander. Figured Jay and Rex would dig since he was best when he was a Tiger
RIP Gary