Short-Lived Sports Venues

[esquire]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

Wow, Turner Field is beautiful and they're demolishing it so young to go out to the suburbs?

Congrats Atlanta for moving back in time to the 50's.

Don't worry, in 15 years when the novelty wears off from the new park, they'll be griping about what a mistake it was to move to the suburbs as they attempt to convince the City of Atlanta to build them a new $2 billion playpen.

There is a clearly established pattern here, after all.

[MolsonExport]

^great that somebody else gets it.

A fool (the tricked taxpayers) and his money are soon parted.

[RudyJK]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

Wow, Turner Field is beautiful and they're demolishing it so young to go out to the suburbs?

Congrats Atlanta for moving back in time to the 50's.

It's a complex situation and I agree that the City of Atlanta deserves a backhand for not doing what they should or could have been doing for the past 40 years to avoid this situation. There are many forces at play here. The suburb that will host the new stadium is not in Atlanta city limits; it's a separate county so there is a pissing match to contend with as well.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8758

[RudyJK]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

^great that somebody else gets it.

A fool (the tricked taxpayers) and his money are soon parted.

Very true. See: Destruction of Georgia Dome

[texcolo]

Atlanta should look into getting a Minor League team to play at Turner Field.