Atlanta Braves

Late April game against the Reds. Good pitching matchup between Ervin Santana and Homer Bailey. I thought this stadium was great. We were late and in a rush. Stadium is in a weird part of town that doesn't really have the infrastructure to support it, but once inside it seemed to have the perfect combination of modern and historic. Concourse was closed on the low level, open on the second level. On the first they had a lot of radar guns for drunk dudes to impress their girlfriends with their 52 mph fastball, mini batting cages for kids, etc. In center it opened up to a huge area with two bars, one being a two story joint. We didn't check this out because we had amazing seats. Row 1 on the third base side, so we didn't wanna leave. Friday night game, so it was busy, all the fans were very engaged and passionate. I was impressed by how many division series banners they've had in the last 20+ years. 10 bucks for a 24 oz beer, the tomahawk chop! They shot a single firework for every Braves K. They turned off all stadium signage prior to the closer's, Craig Kimbrels, entrance music. On the negative side their jumbotron is in pretty bad shape, very pixelly. But they are shamefully moving in 3 years, so none of any of this really matters. Overall a fantastic place, probably top five for me thus far. Grade: A-