Hawks, Reed discuss Philips Arena rehab; locations for new arena (Atlanta: live, law)

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by Gulch

That's correct. There is no need to have two domed stadiums 80 feet from each other.

Is it only 80 feet?? It seems like 40 lol...they are right on each other.

[Zanarkand A East]

So much for #TrueToAtlanta. Another meaningless buzzword.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by Zanarkand A East

So much for #TrueToAtlanta. Another meaningless buzzword.

#FYouPayMe

[whodean]

Originally Posted by Gulch

After the reaming y'all got with the Braves the reaction would be priceless.

We can handle the "reaming" if it includes the amenity upgrades, boost to the local economy and property appreciation the Braves are bringing.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by whodean

We can handle the "reaming" if it includes the amenity upgrades, boost to the local economy and property appreciation the Braves are bringing.

Is this before or after the $400 million bribe your county commissioners gave the Braves (without voter consent)?

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by whodean

We can handle the "reaming" if it includes the amenity upgrades, boost to the local economy and property appreciation the Braves are bringing.

Take that $1B MGM Casino too. That'll help make y'all feel like a 'big' city.

[whodean]

Governments provide incentives for economic improvement all the time, I'm all for it.

Going to a game at the Ted was never a great experience (other than the game itself), hopefully that will change at Suntrust

Lots of ITP aholes Acting butthurt makes for a good chuckle too.

I just hope the traffic isn't apocalyptic

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by whodean

Governments provide incentives for economic improvement all the time, I'm all for it.

I mean Weather Channel got one too. Cobb County is like Oprah

[bu2]

Originally Posted by Gulch

Yet the current arena is literally 20 feet from a MARTA station entrance. Moving to Civic Center would be a traffic disaster for the O4W area.

And the current arena can share existing parking facilities.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by cqholt

The new venue act is a sickness that has infected out professional teams in America. They play other cities against each other to extort taxpayer money to build stadiums for privately owned teams that make billions. The only way for this to stop is for the federal government to step in and stop it. It is now a federal issue, when these teams pit cities and states against each other.
There is nothing wrong with Philips Arena. It is conveniently located to all the tourist attractions in downtown, direct connection to MARTA, thousands of hotel rooms within walking distance, thousands of parking spots in underground garages, and is only 16 years old. The Hawks target demographics are Yuccies and they prefer to live in urban areas.

I think the federal government should control it by passing a law making public funding taxable to the team if it involves a facility under 30 years old.

I don't really like it for older facilities, but what's going on in Atlanta is ridiculous. The Braves and Falcons have good facilities that don't have any need to be replaced yet.