SUNTRUST FEILD

All the cloths ripping and teeth gnashing be damned, the Atlanta Braves and their Colorado based corporate overlords broke ground on the " brand spanking new " state of the art 

SUNTRUST PARK 

today!

Brand spanking new is in quoted, because this bad boy looks just like a little baseball stadium about 10/12 miles down 75! WHY ? if you are starting out from scratch, with no real geographic limits ( no river, etc ) would you build something that a) is already a bit dated and b) LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PLACE YOU ARE LEAVING ? Seriously .  There are a zillion ways they could have gone...

This will be the new view from home plate looking out into the great mall of baseball, that is the reason that the Braves are moving. No room for a great mall of baseball ball down there south of 20 with all those colored folks milling about.

THIS is a partial view from the TED with the city skyline

From the get go of this story I was convinced that Liberty Media, the Braves owners would be dropping the BRAVES for something, the Greater Atlanta ? Cobb Co ________ . With all the very justified Redskins controversy , just seemed like a move that they would make . New Stadium, new county, new name - but these drawings , for the first time that I have seen, do have BRAVES and even the Chophouse, and not just the A , which they are very proud of.

It is going to be Hank Aaron Field at Suntrust Park - which is a good thing, and the home run king was unhand to today to break the new ground - and look, they are even bringing the giant photo of his  715 with them.

Finding that silver lining, or just rising from some new ashes - the city of Atlanta and the area around Turner Field will , in the long run, be much better off IF the fantastic plans of Georgia State come into being.