Atlanta Braves Debut Populous-Designed Stadium for Opening Weekend

The team plays ball with the San Diego Padres for their first regular-season game at their new park.

Atlanta Braves (@Braves) via Twitter

A bit over three years have passed since the Atlanta Braves announced that they were leaving Turner Field and building a new ballpark, and tonight the team plays their first regular-season game in the new 41,149-seat structure designed by Populous. (The team played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees on March 31.) The $672 million SunTrust Park abuts The Battery Atlanta, a 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development designed by Wakefield Beasley & Associates.

Visit ARCHITECT’s Project Gallery for more information about SunTrust Park and Mixed-Use Development.

About the Author

Sara Johnson

Sara Johnson is the former associate editor, design news at ARCHITECT. Previously, she was a fellow at CityLab. Her work has also appeared in San Francisco, San Francisco Brides, California Brides, DCist, Patchwork Nation, and The Christian Science Monitor.

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