Going to a Braves game at the new stadium

[NDallasRuss]

They've really made it so the poors have no way to take public transportation to the games and dirty up their suburb, haven't they?

A buddy and I are planning to go to a game, leaving from an airport hotel. It looks like it's about a 25-mile drive. Fine before the game, but afterwards it could get a bit risky if we've been drinking. So I looked at options for getting to the stadium and it looks like Uber is really the only other option. That seems simple for getting to the game, but it might be tricky afterwards when all the people are leaving out at once.

 

[CC0492]

I was there for a concert. The mob waiting for Uber pick ups took longer than me walking to my car and leaving the lot.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

DUI and baseball, great American passtimes!

 

[runkpanole]

I didn't have much of an issue last season. Of course it was a Saturday night game, but it was really no different than Turner field for me. Of course we stayed about 2 miles from the stadium.

 

[JohnnieHolmesNole]

They've really made it so the poors have no way to take public transportation to the games and dirty up their suburb, haven't they?

A buddy and I are planning to go to a game, leaving from an airport hotel. It looks like it's about a 25-mile drive. Fine before the game, but afterwards it could get a bit risky if we've been drinking. So I looked at options for getting to the stadium and it looks like Uber is really the only other option. That seems simple for getting to the game, but it might be tricky afterwards when all the people are leaving out at once.

Gotta keep the unwashed masses away. Otherwise, you can cup your hand to your ear and hear your Mom saying “this is why we can’t have nice things!!!”

Hoping the Champions Club can erect some similar (subtle) barriers around Doak. Will take some creativity, but I know everyone agrees it was never intended for the proletariat.

 

[GwinnettNole]

Nothing says Atlanta more than building a stadium off the Marta and not even close to the bus tracks. Absolutely ridiculous.

The stadium is really nice and the surrounding area is terrific. It just irks me that there is no easy public transit to the game.

 

[runkpanole]

Nothing says Atlanta more than building a stadium off the Marta and not even close to the bus tracks. Absolutely ridiculous.

The stadium is really nice and the surrounding area is terrific. It just irks me that there is no easy public transit to the game.

It wasn't really that much better at Turner. Sure, you could take the bus, but it was a pain in the butt to get a ride after the game and then transfer to the train to get to where you were going. It was easier to just drive IMHO.

 

[GwinnettNole]

It wasn't really that much better at Turner. Sure, you could take the bus, but it was a pain in the butt to get a ride after the game and then transfer to the train to get to where you were going. It was easier to just drive IMHO.

But the option was there and people took advantage of it. We used to take it all the time.

 

[ATLNole1]

Catching an Uber after the game is not too bad now with the additional pick-up zone. Even without public transportation, still a better experience than Turner.

 

[kc78]

Wasn't that the entire reason they moved, that Atlanta wasn't improving the infrastructure and access to public transportation? So they move somewhere with even worse access?

 

[GwinnettNole]

Wasn't that the entire reason they moved, that Atlanta wasn't improving the infrastructure and access to public transportation? So they move somewhere with even worse access?

An example of a someone that lives in Georgia-- a friend of mine who just outside Athens, which is probably 1.30 hours from Atlanta (non-rush hour).... I talked to him about going to the new braves park last year. The first thing he says to me "isn't the new stadium awesome-- and we don't have to go downtown". Traffic to the ballpark in Cobb actually took him longer he said than to Turner Field but as long as he didn't have to go ITP. LOL.

Right or wrong its my friends opinion but is very common of a lot of people that live non-ITP (not only traditional OTP suburbanites but also people that live outside of the metro Atlanta area).
Good luck trying to get Marta to come to the suburbs...

 

[DFSNOLE]

Several times we've been there the hotel had a shuttle service to Turner. Not the same now?

 

[runkpanole]

Several times we've been there the hotel had a shuttle service to Turner. Not the same now?

The hotel we stayed at had a shuttle on most nights. They didn’t on the Saturday night game we attended. I was a little upset with the hotel.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Several times we've been there the hotel had a shuttle service to Turner. Not the same now?

I'll find out. That would be very helpful.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Good luck trying to get Marta to come to the suburbs...

I'd always heard Cobb blocked MARTA extensions because they didn't like tall people.

 

[fsugrad06]

Wasn't that the entire reason they moved, that Atlanta wasn't improving the infrastructure and access to public transportation? So they move somewhere with even worse access?

No, never even brought up. Braves wanted control of the area around Turner Field or at least for the city to add things to do there besides the one crappy bar (I think it was called The Bullpen or something like that). The main thing the Braves wanted was to have The Battery and it's been a huge success for the team and Cobb will reap the benefits once the initial taxes are paid off.

 

[FreeFlyNole]

I just took a quick look and there are 20 hotels within 2 miles of the new stadium. Why don’t you switch your reservation? About a 2 minute even money fix.

 

[runkpanole]

I just took a quick look and there are 20 hotels within 2 miles of the new stadium. Why don’t you switch your reservation? About a 2 minute even money fix.

If you are asking me, it wasn't clear on their website that the shuttle only ran on weekday games and not weekend games. We didn't know until we were already checked in. Overall the hotel wasn't bad. Plus it was about $50 cheaper a night, so I still saved money.

 

[SoddyNole]

If only they had built a place to stay near the park.

 

[fsugrad06]

If only they had built a place to stay near the park.

The Omni is a ripoff. Expensive already and then they had on gamedays and if your room has a view of the game, they charge you for tickets.

 

[SoddyNole]

The Omni is a ripoff. Expensive already and then they had on gamedays and if your room has a view of the game, they charge you for tickets.

I looked up the prices and you are not kidding. Rooms starting at 500+ a night, my lord.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

The Omni is a ripoff. Expensive already and then they had on gamedays and if your room has a view of the game, they charge you for tickets.

Wait, what?

 

[runkpanole]

The Omni is a ripoff. Expensive already and then they had on gamedays and if your room has a view of the game, they charge you for tickets.

That is insane. We stayed at the Hilton overlooking Camden last year and they were no more expensive than normal.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Anyone sat in the Delta Sky 360 seats?

Looks like it includes all the food and beer/wine delivered to your seats?

That also include the food in the club/lounge area?

It also includes a parking pass to the Delta lot -- if getting out of that lot after the game easier?

Thanks!

 

[PoopandBoogers]

They've really made it so the poors have no way to take public transportation to the games and dirty up their suburb, haven't they?

A buddy and I are planning to go to a game, leaving from an airport hotel. It looks like it's about a 25-mile drive. Fine before the game, but afterwards it could get a bit risky if we've been drinking. So I looked at options for getting to the stadium and it looks like Uber is really the only other option. That seems simple for getting to the game, but it might be tricky afterwards when all the people are leaving out at once.

Just get drunk at the Taco Mac afterwards and bum a ride from one of the skeezy bartenders.

 

[fsugrad06]

Wait, what?

I work for Cobb County and we got a tour of the Omni to check out security and other features. They gave us some of the details of the building and costs to stay, one of which is built in ticket pricing. They just assume you'll be watching the game from your room. It's ridiculous. They also said you can see the game from their pool...you can see the stadium but not the field of play. You can walk to the edge of the floor/level and if no one is standing in the way from SunTrust, you can see.

 

[DFSNOLE]

I work for Cobb County and we got a tour of the Omni to check out security and other features. They gave us some of the details of the building and costs to stay, one of which is built in ticket pricing. They just assume you'll be watching the game from your room. It's ridiculous. They also said you can see the game from their pool...you can see the stadium but not the field of play. You can walk to the edge of the floor/level and if no one is standing in the way from SunTrust, you can see.

Ridiculous is right.

 

[SoddyNole]

The view from the Omni is past the outfield seats which I don't like to sit in to begin with. The distance is far enough to cause a delay from seeing a hit and hear the actual sound of the bat hitting the ball.

 

[NDallasRuss]

I work for Cobb County and we got a tour of the Omni to check out security and other features. They gave us some of the details of the building and costs to stay, one of which is built in ticket pricing. They just assume you'll be watching the game from your room. It's ridiculous. They also said you can see the game from their pool...you can see the stadium but not the field of play. You can walk to the edge of the floor/level and if no one is standing in the way from SunTrust, you can see.

Wait, so (and this may be questions that no one here knows the answer to) do the Braves get to count the people staying at the hotel in their attendance numbers? Do the Braves get revenue from the "ticket" fee that the hotel charges? That's a pretty flagrant BS add-on fee.

I'm still amazed that the County shoved through the stadium deal without the public getting a chance to debate it or vote on it.

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/artic...and-the-braves-worst-sports-stadium-deal-ever

 

[CDND]

As a local here in Cobb, I love the stadium. And The Battery around it. We have been to 5x the number of games here vs. at Turner. I have kids and they love The Battery as much as we do. Between the food (Antico, Wahlbergs) and the games (foosball and skeeball/etc.) at Sport and Social they love it. And then in the stadium they get a real kick out of the Xfinity Zone, etc. Haters can decry the 'method' of how the place was built, but most Cobb locals I know love the new place. People can whine and moan all day long about public transport but I/we have taken Uber and Lyft multiple tims with no issue. Parking has been fine also.

 

[NDallasRuss]

As a local here in Cobb, I love the stadium. And The Battery around it. We have been to 5x the number of games here vs. at Turner. I have kids and they love The Battery as much as we do. Between the food (Antico, Wahlbergs) and the games (foosball and skeeball/etc.) at Sport and Social they love it. And then in the stadium they get a real kick out of the Xfinity Zone, etc. Haters can decry the 'method' of how the place was built, but most Cobb locals I know love the new place. People can whine and moan all day long about public transport but I/we have taken Uber and Lyft multiple tims with no issue. Parking has been fine also.

I get that you love the place, but do you love the fact that your taxes are going to a form of welfare to benefit a corporation that makes almost $5B/yr - and that neither you not anyone else outside of the county council had any say in it?

I'm sure that it's great to have the stadium and the surrounding entertainment closer to you - I'd definitely love it if the Nationals moved from their current location to the County where I live: I'd go to a LOT more games. I'm just not sure I'd like it as much if I had to pay for their stadium for them, AND then pay to go to the games, and never even had the opportunity to talk about it first.

 

[seminoledq]

I work for Cobb County and we got a tour of the Omni to check out security and other features. They gave us some of the details of the building and costs to stay, one of which is built in ticket pricing. They just assume you'll be watching the game from your room. It's ridiculous. They also said you can see the game from their pool...you can see the stadium but not the field of play. You can walk to the edge of the floor/level and if no one is standing in the way from SunTrust, you can see.

That is absurd!

 

[SoddyNole]

I get that you love the place, but do you love the fact that your taxes are going to a form of welfare to benefit a corporation that makes almost $5B/yr - and that neither you not anyone else outside of the county council had any say in it?

I'm sure that it's great to have the stadium and the surrounding entertainment closer to you - I'd definitely love it if the Nationals moved from their current location to the County where I live: I'd go to a LOT more games. I'm just not sure I'd like it as much if I had to pay for their stadium for them, AND then pay to go to the games, and never even had the opportunity to talk about it first.

How are Nats fans handling being 2nd from the bottom of the NL East with all that talent?

 

[DFSNOLE]

How are Nats fans handling being 2nd from the bottom of the NL East with all that talent?

They're just thankful for the Marlins! Very thankful.

 

[CDND]

I get that you love the place, but do you love the fact that your taxes are going to a form of welfare to benefit a corporation that makes almost $5B/yr - and that neither you not anyone else outside of the county council had any say in it?

I'm sure that it's great to have the stadium and the surrounding entertainment closer to you - I'd definitely love it if the Nationals moved from their current location to the County where I live: I'd go to a LOT more games. I'm just not sure I'd like it as much if I had to pay for their stadium for them, AND then pay to go to the games, and never even had the opportunity to talk about it first.

My taxes have gone up. But so has the value of my home by quite a bit. You can make the argument that the new area drove both up. I have friends who live within a couple miles of the Battery and their home worth increase is incredible. The AJC recently reported on how much more the area is worth tax wise as well. Yes I know it's not a one to one match with how much was given to Liberty.

As for the shady way it went through. Would i have liked a more open discussion? Sure. But government is a joke and I highly doubt being more open would have done much here. And honestly the screams of racism around Cobb getting it would have been worse too. And Tim Lee paid the price and lost his job.

Also, anyone who works or visits around that area will testify to the massive amount of other new construction as well. HD Supply, Comcast, Synovus already have their new towers up. Dozens of new apartments as well. Dont think for a second that the Braves/Battery didn't have an impact there too

 

[NDallasRuss]

How are Nats fans handling being 2nd from the bottom of the NL East with all that talent?

Do they have that much talent? They've got Harper and Rendon, and three pretty good starting pitchers, but other than that I think they just have a bunch of "guys". They seem to be middle of the pack in most stats, and above-average in power. I'm sure they'll be fine as all the teams (es. the Mets) begin to regress towards their mean.

 

[TripTych]

And people think my hate for OTP is irrational? I hope the posts in this thread will dispel the notion that everything I despise about Cobb is unfounded and petty.

 

[GwinnettNole]

How are Nats fans handling being 2nd from the bottom of the NL East with all that talent?

not a Nats fan but its the second week of a season that lasts for seemingly 98+ weeks

 

[cfbfan23]

The Australian Bakery and Capozzis have a much bigger impact on my decisions to visit Cobb county than the baseball team. I go to Braves games once or twice a year. I wasn't all that fond of the Turner Field experience. It wasn't great for public transit (vs. a Falcons/Hawks/United game) and the area right around the stadium wasn't great. I also don't think that the new stadium experience is massively better, either. But it is more convenient for me to go to, so I do prefer it a little. I really could care less about a Wahlburgers......and I prefer to just go to the original Antico.

 

[SoddyNole]

not a Nats fan but its the second week of a season that lasts for seemingly 98+ weeks

I know. Just poking at the lion before it gets out of the cage.