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<blockquote data-quote="ATL1" data-source="post: 14972" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>Really? I'm pretty informed on city politics, please provide the article where the Braves Organization were willing to pony of that kind of cash to invest in Summer Hill & Mechanicsville. Honestly I would like to know. The city gave them Olympic Stadium for pennies on the dollar and pretty much bent for them on whatever request they made. If the Brave really wanted to they could have bought up most of Mechanicsville with the money they spending in Cobb. Summer Hill is mostly gentrified so the remainder could have been purchased as well. They could have partnered with a developer or developers and built whatever they liked around the stadium, like Blank is shelling $50 Million to do in Vine City. I just prefer honesty, Cobb gave us a cake deal and the city can't match it. </p><p></p><p>The Braves have been making a big deal about mass transit to the stadium for years, but now they not worried about mass transit? </p><p>The Braves wanted the Ted to seat 50,000 + seats. </p><p>The Braves wanted some kind of family fun center near the stadium and the city built it to a flop. </p><p>I looked at that map and season ticket holders are spread everywhere, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Stockbridge, east and most of the inner perimeter were heavy red. If they really wanted to be optimal close to season ticket holders the Doraville Plant location would have made the most sense, but I get it. It's a Great Deal for them. They can go other than civic pride and symbolism they don't provide much economic benefit to have the Braves downtown anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATL1, post: 14972, member: 26"] Really? I'm pretty informed on city politics, please provide the article where the Braves Organization were willing to pony of that kind of cash to invest in Summer Hill & Mechanicsville. Honestly I would like to know. The city gave them Olympic Stadium for pennies on the dollar and pretty much bent for them on whatever request they made. If the Brave really wanted to they could have bought up most of Mechanicsville with the money they spending in Cobb. Summer Hill is mostly gentrified so the remainder could have been purchased as well. They could have partnered with a developer or developers and built whatever they liked around the stadium, like Blank is shelling $50 Million to do in Vine City. I just prefer honesty, Cobb gave us a cake deal and the city can't match it. The Braves have been making a big deal about mass transit to the stadium for years, but now they not worried about mass transit? The Braves wanted the Ted to seat 50,000 + seats. The Braves wanted some kind of family fun center near the stadium and the city built it to a flop. I looked at that map and season ticket holders are spread everywhere, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Stockbridge, east and most of the inner perimeter were heavy red. If they really wanted to be optimal close to season ticket holders the Doraville Plant location would have made the most sense, but I get it. It's a Great Deal for them. They can go other than civic pride and symbolism they don't provide much economic benefit to have the Braves downtown anyway. [/QUOTE]
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