Baseball Stadiums

Revealed: $400 Million Mixed-Use Development Adjacent to Cobb County Baseball Stadium

The Atlanta Braves Major league Baseball team made a splash last year by deciding to decamp to suburban Cobb County for a new ballpark. Still to be determined: Can the new ballpark spur development and integrate into the community?

December 11, 2014 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Atlanta Braves Country

On the Land Use and Transit Implications of 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame'

The decision of where to locate ballparks, and to what extent the public should subsidize that location, can have ripple effects throughout the land use and transportation systems of a region.

March 7, 2014 - Cities That Work

Doubts Over Development Benefits of New Atlanta Braves Stadium

The Atlanta Braves are planning a new stadium, opening in 2017, in suburban Cobb County. How much residual development investment should local stakeholders expect?

January 30, 2014 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Waterfront Ballpark in Oakland a Tough Sell

Following unsuccessful attempts to move the Oakland Athletics to San Jose (an area controlled by the San Francisco Giants), team owner Lew Wolff is resistant to a plan to move the team to a waterfront location.

January 24, 2014 - San Jose Mercury News

Are Retro Ballparks a Thing of the Past?

Twenty years ago, Oriole Park at Camden Yards began a revolution in baseball stadium design when it opened in downtown Baltimore. Two decades onward, Mark Byrnes asks if the retro ballpark movement is officially over.

April 2, 2012 - The Atlantic Cities

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