Venue Detail
Atlanta Braves
Revenues From Sports Venues Pro Facilities Report
February, 2011
Atlanta Braves
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PO Box 4064 Atlanta, GA 30302-4064 Phone: 404-522-7630 Fax: 404-685-9800 URL: www.atlantabraves.com
Owner
Liberty Media
League
Major League Baseball National League, Eastern
Venue
Turner Field, 755 Hank Aaron Dr, Atlanta, GA 30315 Owner: City of Atlanta Managed by: Team Built: 1996 Capacity: 50,062 Permanent concession stands: 68 Concessionaire: Aramark Suite caterer: Aramark Soft drink: Coca Cola Beer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Building sponsors
Clubs/Restaurants: Yes Seating: Yes Entries: Yes
Ticket prices
Season tickets range from $830 to $4,980 Single tickets range from $12.00 to $70.00
Attendance
2007 average attendance: 33,891 2008 average attendance: 31,270 2009 average attendance: 29,304
Luxury Suites
Quantity: 59 Term: 3 to 10 years Price: $75,000 to $200,000 Seats: 16 to 32 Includes: Tickets, parking. Party suites lease for $2,700 to $5,800 and hold 16 to 46 persons.
Club seats
Quantity: 5,372 Term: 1 to 1 years Price: $2,656 to $2,656 Includes: Tickets.
Financing
The $232 million venue was funded with money raised for the Olympic Games. That budget included money to renovate the stadium after the Olympics for the Braves. The team guaranteed cost overruns. Pct. public: 100
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, which cost $18 million to build in 1964, was replaced in 1997 by Turner Stadium, built as the Olympic Stadium used for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The stadium seated 85,000 for the Olympics; nearly half the seats were taken out, leaving seating for the Braves at just under 50,000 fans.
Turner Stadium was built at a cost of $232 million (that amount includes demolition of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium). The facility has features similar to other new MLB venues, including a promenade like Oriole Park at Camden Yards and a brew pub like the one at Denver's Coors Field. It also has entertainment plazas, shops and restaurants plus a stadium club, the Chop House with seating for 350, and membership fees of $500 a year. (Baseball, Facilities, Financial, MLBVenueReport, Professional Sports)