Team President Terry McGuirk anticipated no change in the current front office structure, personnel, or day-to-day operations of the Braves. On April 4, 1997, 50,096 fans watched the Braves play their first game the state of the art ballpark. In its original form, the South End Grounds stood until the end of the 1887 season, when it underwent a significant change.
That was one year before the ballpark hosted its lone MLB All-Star Game.Owner James E. Gaffney believed that the inside-the-park home run was the most exciting play in baseball, and Braves Field’s original dimensions included a centerfield fence that was an estimated 520 feet away.
In an era where many franchises began migrating west, the Braves followed suit by moving to Milwaukee for the 1953 season.For the next several decades, the franchise utilized the third South End Grounds, which was expanded multiple times after its opening to accommodate more fans. You won’t have to break the bank purchasing an Atlanta Braves ticket as nearly half of the ballpark’s seats are priced at $20 or less, and more than 7,000 seats priced at $10 or less. In 2017, the team will move to SunTrust Park, a new stadium complex in the Cumberland district of Cobb County just northwest of Atlanta.The stadium will be in Cumberland (also known as Cumberland/Galleria area), a fast-growing edge city in southeastern Cobb County. The streak of division titles continued for several more years, ultimately running through 2005, and the team played in the only World Series at Turner Field in 1999. Copyright 2020 August Publications. The team played its final game at the South End Grounds on August 11, 1914, finishing out the remainder of its World Series-winning season at Fenway Park.The original ballpark opened in 1871, and would become the first of three different facilities to occupy the corner of Columbus Avenue and Walpole Street.
The stadium will have an Atlanta address due to its location in ZIP code 30339, which is shared with the neighboring community of Vinings. Just as Milwaukee officials had hoped when they constructed County Stadium, Atlanta leaders were looking to lure a major sports franchise with a facility of their own.In the 1990’s, the Braves would create some of Fulton County Stadium’s most memorable moments. Keen to attract them, the fast-growing city of Atlanta, led by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. constructed a new $18 million, 52,000-seat ballpark in less than one year, Atlanta Stadium, which was officially opened in 1965 in hopes of luring an existing major league baseball and/or NFL/AFL team. The ballpark will be located next to the highway interchange between Interstate 75 and Interstate 285.
Braves officials anticipate a capacity of about 41,500, which is approximately 8,000 fewer than Turner Field.In 1976, the team was purchased by media magnate Ted Turner, owner of superstation WTBS, as a means to keep the team (and one of his main programming staples) in Atlanta. Turner Field, which was built way back in 1997 (they didn't even have electricity then if memory serves), was then passed along to Georgia State …