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Now that the Atlanta Braves are moving to Cobb County, the cities politicians are going to demolish Turner Field.(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/12/turner-field-demolition-braves-stadium-2017_n_4260763.html)
The Braves moving is what teams do now that sports have elevated to be a multi-million dollar business. So, the Braves are not something to get upset about, even though I can’t speak for the Braves fans cause I’m not one.
But getting rid of a piece of history is one of worst things that could be done to a city. Turner Field is the modified version of the 1996 Olympic Stadium, this was the 100th Olympiad. We’re not talking about an apartment building(Which Atlanta will probably replace it with.) but basically a monument.
Most cities that have hosted games still have their stadium. Some maybe crumbling but still standing till this day. Even St. Louis still has it’s from 1904.(http://olympics.ballparks.com/)
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I would like to see the city preserve and modify the stadium and try to land another Olympics. That would be much better than building more single-family housing, in my opinion.
Sean
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