The Atlanta Braves have released a graphic that shows preliminary plans for parking and traffic management around the team's $672 million stadium being built in Cobb County.
The graphic shows preliminary plans for:
- 17 access points to the stadium and adjoining development
- Highway and street widening
- Intersections to be improved
- New sidewalks
- Potential parking areas
- Managed lanes
- Cobb County Transit/MARTA routes
- A transit hub at U.S. 41 and Cumberland Boulevard
The Braves say on the team's website there are 15 more access points than currently exist at Turner Field.
Access points to the Braves new stadium, according to the Braves, include six from the east (Akers Mill, I-285, Interstate North Parkway, Terrell Mill Road, Windy Hill Road and Windy Ridge Parkway), five from the west (Cumberland Parkway, I-285, Spring Hill Parkway, Spring Road and Windy Hill Road), three from the south (Akers Mill, Cobb Parkway, I-75) and three from the north (Cobb Parkway, I-75 and Powers Ferry Road).
SunTrust Park will seat 41,500 people, a 20-percent reduction in the number of seats at Turner Field and more than 9,000 fewer seats in total, according to the Braves website. To accommodate those fans, the Braves will own or lease at least 10,000 parking spots on and adjacent to the site by Opening Day of 2017, the team said.
The Braves also expect to have thousands of additional spaces within walking distance of the complex.
