Atlanta Braves moving? (Alpharetta, Jersey: living, relocation, tickets)

[SAAN]

For the 5-10% who take MARTA now and might not come to games anymore, there were probably 5-10% that were not coming to games because they were downtown, so in the end with a smaller stadium it will even out and the braves will have the same attendance.

Cobb will not get MARTA for something that will be used 100 days out the year, assuming we make the playoffs. A train to cumberland area would be great, but the NIMBY's are lined up and ready for battle.

The only transit option will be a 15 min ride up I75 to the stadium if anyone plans to do a shuttle from Arts Center. This may open up a option to turn the emrgency lanes to bus lanes like on GA 400, as it wont solve the traffic problems, but gives people a option who take transit to bypass the traffic.

15 Min ride to the Station
15 Min wait for a train.
15-40 min ride on a train depending on where your stop is and if you have to get off at 5 pts and wait for another train.
10-20 Mins to drive home.

Either way its 1Hr plus to go home at night after the game.

[bhammaster]

Originally Posted by CAWjr

Put the stadium in Alpharetta - All the people downtown, Gwinnett, & Cobb will have to drive on 285/400

Put the stadium in Gwinnett - All the people in downtown, Cobb, & Northern suburbs have to drive 285/400/85

Put the stadium in Cobb - All the people in downtown, Gwinnett, & northern suburns will have to drive 285/400/75

You are going to have traffic no matter what. There is no perfect place where everyone can drive right up to the front door 5 minutes before first pitch.

Leave it where it is and you 400/75/85/285/20 and you have marta access.

What are you talking about?

[westau]

Originally Posted by WmMeeker

The Braves do not alienate us where they are. I do not have any problem where they are. We went to 5 games this year and usually go to 4 to 7 games a year. I don't think any fans have a gripe about where they are now. And CCT is a joke. It is nothing like having a shuttle to a rail station that can get you out of the crowd in fairly fast order. Everybody will not have to drive to games. The people that work at Turner, many of them use MARTA too. They will either have to get cars or find other work.

Originally Posted by bhammaster

But it isn't any closer to most of the red.

There is also less options to even get to the stadium unless you live in Cobb vs where it is now you have marta and multiple highways.

The new location is just as close or closer to multiple highways and yes it is closer to most of the red. The map is pretty clear that Turner was at the south end of it while this location in Cobb is about 30% into the middle of it.

[ATLondoner]

Originally Posted by CAWjr

Less than 6% of those who go to Braves games today take MARTA. Stop pretending that the breakdown is 50/50 & that this really changes anything.

OK so say that equates to 'only' 2,500 using the Marta shuttle every home game.

That's still over 400,000 people across the season that either now have to drive or simply no longer go to the games....and when you factor in that around 40% of Shuttle users are out of town tourists, well you've lost that income.

[lastminutemom]

To be truthful, I've not read much, but if access is/was an issue, why not the old GM site, though DeKalb couldn't come up with the money that Cobb can...

[gerrythesnake]

Originally Posted by SAAN

For the 5-10% who take MARTA now and might not come to games anymore, there were probably 5-10% that were not coming to games because they were downtown, so in the end with a smaller stadium it will even out and the braves will have the same attendance.

Cobb will not get MARTA for something that will be used 100 days out the year, assuming we make the playoffs. A train to cumberland area would be great, but the NIMBY's are lined up and ready for battle.

The only transit option will be a 15 min ride up I75 to the stadium if anyone plans to do a shuttle from Arts Center. This may open up a option to turn the emrgency lanes to bus lanes like on GA 400, as it wont solve the traffic problems, but gives people a option who take transit to bypass the traffic.

15 Min ride to the Station
15 Min wait for a train.
15-40 min ride on a train depending on where your stop is and if you have to get off at 5 pts and wait for another train.
10-20 Mins to drive home.

Either way its 1Hr plus to go home at night after the game.

You forgot to add a "1" to the 15 min ride. It will be more like a 115 min ride up I75

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by tikigod311

Its currently dead center.

Which is how it should be. No one was even talking about the Braves other than then them choking in the playoffs & now all of a sudden they want to move to Cobb County after a new mayor and the Falcons new Stadium deal?? Something aint right here.

[atler8]

FYI:
There are a couple other active threads going about the Braves move.
One is titled, "Southeast Atlanta Neighborhoods..." & the other is "Turner Field Ideas..."

[bhammaster]

Originally Posted by CAWjr

I admit that I am biased since I live (and work) in Smyrna, but are you serious that driving over top of 285 is that much worse than driving through the connector before/after games?

Even if that is true they at least had a Marta option or 2 other freeways to use.

[First24]

Good move for the Braves, bad move for the City of Atlanta. The hard fact is, more fans will likely attend games at the proposed Cobb site.

Nevertheless, I dislike suburban baseball stadiums with a passion.