Bloomberg Businessweek: The Braves Play Taxpayers Better Than They Play Baseball (Atlanta: sale, moving)

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Originally Posted by fermie125

Derangement syndrome on full display, plain and simple. Dude thank you for vindicating my position. Keep it up

Alright man, you do you. I will keep enjoying the show.

[UrbanConquistador]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Alright man, you do you. I will keep enjoying the show.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by jsvh

I am not sure that is the case. I am in the stands with my popcorn, not getting arrested for opposing this deal like Cobb county residents. Y'all have fun up there!

Opponents Barred From Speaking As Cobb County Approves Braves Stadium



Too bad there is no way Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves to have played the Cobb Braves. Cobb would have been steam rolled.

Look at all that diversity!

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I don't understand why you all have to be so petty and divisive. I live in both Atlanta and Cobb, I consider both my home, and I like both. (And that makes me better than you.)

And they're called the Atlanta Braves.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Look at all that diversity!

It almost looks like the crowd at an Atlanta United soccer game or Music Midtown.

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https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/6/30...erspace-photos

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Cobb Officials Didn’t Budget For Traffic Control By Braves Stadium

"I know a lot of people are very concerned about the million dollars – the $900,000 – that we've budgeted for public safety around the Braves Stadium," Boyce said.

Boyce was referring to the $900,000 Cobb County commissioners didn’t include in the 2017 fiscal budget for police officers working overtime to direct traffic.

Commissioner Bob Ott who represents the district where SunTrust Park is located said it's because former Chairman Tim Lee and commissioners didn't include it.

“When the previous chairman created the budget, it wasn't done the way it's done now, where the commissioners have been involved extensively,” Ott said. “Back then, basically what happened was the chairman presented a budget to the commissioners to vote on. At the time, more folks were concerned about getting the stadium finished and the road projects and things like that."

He added it's also because the traffic plan for the area was still being developed.

For now, the county said it’s able to afford the oversight because of nearly 30 unfilled officer positions in the Cobb police department.

And instead of getting paid overtime, police officers are shifting their regular hours to work on game days.

The new estimated cost for traffic control is now half the original: $450,000. Boyce said it might drop even more.

"I'm not necessarily convinced we have to use police officers to do [traffic control],” Boyce said. “We may be able to find somebody else at a lower pay scale that can do the same job."

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Originally Posted by jsvh

Cobb Officials Didn’t Budget For Traffic Control By Braves Stadium

A lucky break, but still, yet another glorious oversight by Tim Lee.

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​State of Florida approves $20M funding for new Braves spring training complex

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Braves GM banned from MLB for life, special assistant banned for 1 year, 13 Braves players released from contracts, & significant restrictions on Braves signing international players in the coming years due to rule violations:

Former Braves GM John Coppolella Banned for Life from MLB for Rule Violation | Bleacher Report