Its a brand new stadium and its fantastic! Nice job Atlanta. I went to the game last night at Sun Trust Park. The best team in Major League Baseball, The Los Angeles Dodgers were in town. A rain delay in the 3rd inning wasn’t enough to stop the game. Dodgers win 7-4. Before I forget I wanted to mention something that always appeals to me. Most of the Parks-stadiums have a single store located somewhere on the ground level that sell Game used jerseys or bats or in most cases the actual bases as well from certain games. Pretty cool! The jerseys can go for upwards of $850.00 for a single actual Game worn Jersey(I used to think I would never get tired of looking at that kind of stuff). Autographed Pictures and a whole lot of “autographed baseballs”. They Jerseys are unwashed and clearly authentic. The dirt and in some cases pine tar still on them. When I was a kid that would have seemed unimaginable at the time. The game has changed so much. Can you imagine having an Authentic Game worn Jersey from Joe DiMaggio? Me neither. When I was in Pittsburgh I saw a autographed Picture of both Bo Jackson and Dion Sanders stand together. I thought that was probably priceless… Nope… $385.00. Cincinnati a few games later, same exact picture $375.00. I guess the market wasn’t as big for that Picture in Cincinnati. LOL. I kept wondering how many of those pictures did the 2 of them sit down and sign, and what was their “take-$$” . Some guy has that picture in his law firm office and people are amazed when they see it. If people only knew. It will be are little secret. Ha Ha Ha.
Back to the New Baseball Park, 12.7 miles from downtown Atlanta. They did everything right(unlike Miami). beautiful restaurants and bars and a whole lot of good stuff. Maybe even an All-Star Game is in there future in the next 4 or 5 years. That’s how those things work. Best price for a hotdog. Best price for a large Coke. One more thing, every game I have gone to so far it is a little difficult to get an actual ticket. All those computer generated tickets being sold. Yuck! Its made it a little less appealing when you just want to have the actual ticket in your hand. Not in Atlanta though. Every ticket I saw was an actual ticket. Just like in the old days. What a breath of fresh air that was to see.
Until next time.
-John Kelly
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