Braves ditching The Ted for suburbs

I read that the Ted is being readied for football. /circleoflife

 

Yes, Georgia State bought it from the city and will begin playing there this fall.

 

Ah, OK. Got mixed up there. Thought it all happened around that same 2000-05 period but couldn't remember the specific timeline.

 

You are probably not immature, just rational. f you are not a taxpayer in Cobb County the stadium is a good thing. The new stadium is nicer and in a better part of town and you are not paying taxes for the ballpark so you are receiving subsidized benefits. If you are a resident of Cobb County taxpayer your elected officials took a tax that was dedicated for buying parks and open space and see it going to a baseball field so there is a cost to you.

The county officials seem to think that the baseball stadium will spur the construction of more office buildings. I have only been in Atlanta once and did not detect a shortage of office parks and if I were a resident of Cobb County would wonder why I needed to pay taxes to encourage more.

As for economic development any time a neighborhood revitalizes and a stadium is constructed nearby the ball park gets credit. It is quite possible that lower downtown Denver would have revitalized anyway because of the trend to people wanting to live in urban areas. For example the old baseball park was on the west side of Denver and the old basketball arena was next door. The west side was historically a less affluent part of Denver. While the Broncos have stayed and play 10/11 times a year in the area the other two teams have left. That area has also gentrified despite the loss of the two teams.

If stadiums really were impetuses to more economic development property values in the area would increase when constructed. I have never heard of such a stadium "halo". In fact, surrounding property can lose value because of the increase in noise, traffic and the large number of unattractive parking lots that surround the stadium.

 

Yeah, they just don't make multiuse stadiums like this any more:



or this:

 

I certainly agree the area around Coors was disaster area.

As for the area just west of the ball park according to Zillow a 664 square foot condo one block west is selling for $260,000 and a 937 foot dump of a duplex three blocks away for $322,500. So the fact the it seems that area is at least getting pricey. So the reduced proximity to the professional sports teams Nuggets does not seem to be hurting property values.

My point is that given the amount of gentrification that has taken place within the city limits of Denver LoDo may have recovered anyway. It is impossible to know for sure because the stadium was built.

And the gentrification of Denver sucks. When I retire and go back I think I will be forced to live in southwest Adams County because that is all I will be able to afford without going to Aurora (I am from there and will not go back).

 

The Polo Grounds was the Giants' home for their first 30 years or so, the Titans' (now the Jets) home for their first few years, as well as the host of a lot of college football games (Army and Fordham, which was a major power until WWII). The configuration of the stadium was pretty appropriate for football. It was the baseball dimensions (roughly 260 feet down the right field line, 280 to left, 480 to center) that were weird, although doable.

The L.A. Coliseum, however, for baseball was a mess.

 

The Mets also played their first few years at the Polo Grounds until Shea Stadium was built.

Speaking of weird dimensions, I remember seeing a Yankees-Orioles spring training game at then-Joe Robbie Stadium in around 1990, before it was reconfigured for baseball when the Marlins came into being. Left field was like 250 feet from home plate with a 30-foot screen.

 

Nothing says baseball like the Alamodome.

 

No soccer in the new joint til September. Two August home games being postponed, new dates TBA.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium opening is pushed back again