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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2389801, member: 716"] Ahem, one more try and then enough of this silly personal stuff. My assumption is that no one here lives in the city of Atlanta. So far, I'm right. That is, the opposite of wrong. I know why they moved. Kasim Reed didn't want to give away public land to a private entity without some reasonable return (to say nothing of the public money for renovations the club demanded). The Braves wanted the cash cow of an insular Disney-type complex around their ballpark. Something had to give, so it did. The city didn't want to transfer land; with Georgia State, they've got a partner and the end result will be development that's integrated into the surrounding urban fabric. The Braves wanted to generate more revenue (hotels, restaurants) that would just cannibalize existing spending from elsewhere in the city. The Braves didn't budge and another jurisdiction stepped in to offer the farm. The city gladly didn't match that offer. [/QUOTE]