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MLB Ballpark Rankings: Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
Turner Field|Capacity: 49,831|Opened: 1997
OVERALL RANK
19
Turner Field
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Category Rank (1-30)
15
Affordability
How would you rate the affordability of a trip to your hometown ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
5.1% 8.5% 43.4% 26.9% 16.1%
Ticket Costs
Average Ticket % Increase From 2007 MLB Rank MLB Average Ticket
$17.05 8% 2nd $25.43
Category Rank (1-30)
19
Food
How would you rate the food at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
3.5% 6.7% 43.1% 36.7% 9.9%
How would you rate the cost of food and beverages at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
13% 16.5% 50.8% 16.5% 3.2%
What is the must-have food item offered at the ballpark and what makes it so good?
  • "Skip and Pete's Hall of Fame Barbecue. It has really good pulled pork sandwiches that are just sloppy enough to be fun, but not so sloppy that you look like a hot mess."
  • "Fantastic footlongs -- length AND girth! [Contrast with the footlongs at Yankee Stadium, which are so shriveled that the skin is wrinkling up; remember the 'Where's the beef?' lady?]."
  • "Large Coke, chili cheese fries, chili cheese dog, and vanilla Dippin' Dots."
  • "Moe's cheeseburger burrito; can't get it anywhere else."
Category Rank (1-30)
11
Team Quality
How would you rate the quality of the product currently being put on the field by the hometown team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
0.6% 1.9% 15.3% 62.3% 19.8%
Which player on your team is the most worth paying to watch?
John Smoltz Chipper Jones Jeff Francoeur Mark Teixeira Brian McCann
29.9% 25.7% 20.1% 15.5% 3.3%
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Category Rank (1-30)
13
History & Tradition
How would you rate the sense of tradition and history at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
2.6% 10.5% 32.9% 33.9% 20.1%
Category Rank (1-30)
18
Ballpark Atmosphere
How would you rate the atmosphere at the game?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
1.6% 10.2% 23.9% 37.6% 26.8%
How would you rate the level of personal comfort when you are sitting in your seat?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
1% 2.2% 31% 40.6% 25.2%
Category Rank (1-30)
20
Fan Intelligence
How would you rate the "baseball intelligence" of the home fans?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
4.8% 15.1% 33.1% 33.8% 13.2%
Category Rank (1-30)
11
Fan Hospitality
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
3.2% 3.5% 30.9% 41.5% 20.9%
What is the worst incident you've witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself?
  • "At a Braves vs. Padres game, a local Little League team named the Mets was there. They were shown on the Jumbotron and the entire stadium booed."
  • "Any Mets fan will get heckled pretty badly, but that's their fault for liking the Mets."
  • "Since I started going to the ballpark and watching the Atlanta Braves 11 years ago, I have never witnessed any incident that involved opposing fans or ours."
  • "They put fans of the opposing team on the 'kiss cam.' Seriously, there is probably no other ballpark in the country where opposing fans are treated so well, even if they're being complete jerks."
Category Rank (1-30)
17
Promotions
How would you rate the quality of the promotions/giveaways offered by the home team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
3% 10.1% 46.8% 26.9% 13.1%
What is the best promotion/giveaway your team has offered? What is the worst? What is a promotion you'd like to see?
  • "There was a Scooby-Doo movie shown after the game on the scoreboard one time, which the kids enjoyed. I'd like to see movies and maybe some trading card giveaways."
  • "The best is when they have scratch-off tickets for a dollar and you can win the jersey a player wears that day."
  • "The best are the statues of current and legendary Braves players. The worst would be the T-shirts that don't seem to change each year. I would like to see something like bobbleheads, which, fortunately, they are doing this year."
  • "I honestly loved the styrofoam tomahawks they used to give away. Then again, that was back when the fans would start the chant on their own and the incessant drumbeat loudspeaker cue didn't blare every few minutes."
Category Rank (1-30)
24
Getting To The Game
How would you rate the traffic to and from the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
27.4% 22.8% 34.3% 12.2% 3.3%
How would you rate the parking availability/cost at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
11% 18.6% 44.2% 18.9% 7.3%
How would you rate the public transportation options to and from the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
22.1% 17.2% 30% 20.8% 9.9%
Category Rank (1-30)
24
Neighborhood
How would you rate the dining and drinking options within walking distance of the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
42.8% 23% 18.1% 7.2% 8.9%

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