Atlanta Braves Morning Chop – ”We Talking About Parking”
By Jeff Schafer
SunTrust Park: Your guide to stress-free parking for a Braves game
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The Atlanta Braves — and every media outlet out there — continue to preach about getting to the park early, knowing where you’re going and most importantly buy your PARKING PASS BEFORE SHOWING UP!!
Traffic, parking, tailgating are all major concerns for baseball fans and as we head into the new adventure at SunTrust Park, we’re about to see all these issues. Make sure you know your route before heading out — I85 is still closed — be positive your parking lot your heading to allows tailgating and most importantly buy your PARKING PASS BEFORE SHOWING UP!!
Everywhere I look, I continue to see this prepaid parking pass online that they’re pretty much making fans buy for tonight. It seems like a necessity so go ahead and buy that pass, ha…sorry I’ll stop now.
"There are about 14,000 parking spots compared to Turner Field’s almost 8,700 spaces. Even still, the Braves suggest you buy your parking pass online ahead of time.The Braves have said to keep an eye out for some lots that will open for specific games."
"Below is a map and even more information showing where to park at SunTrust, how much parking is for a Braves game and other ways to avoid an in-car shouting match. Please note that some lots accessible without a prepaid parking pass."
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We Talking About Practice? Nope, We Talking About Parking!
Unless you’ve been hiding for the past 10 years, you’ve most likely heard the Allen Iverson rant about “practice”. The word “practice” was used over 20 times by Iverson when talking about how his habits at practice.
If you haven’t heard it or just want a good laugh…here’s the video…
Now…why the hell are we talking about that??
Well…the Atlanta Braves and Allen Iverson teamed up to make a hilarious video about the Braves parking. Released a few days ago, Iverson is wearing a Braves hat and is asked if he’s a Braves fan…he responses with “definitely, I’ve been a fan since I was little”. The next few questions are why we’re here…
Reporter: We’ve heard parking may be an issue…
Iverson: Parking…
Priceless spoof pulled off by the Braves and Iverson!
Important information for Friday’s home opener
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: Today is the day we’ve been waiting over 800 days for!! The first official game at SunTrust Park! Bobby Cox, Chipper Jones, Hank Aaron, John Smoltz, Dale Murphy, Tom Glavine, and Phil Niekro will all be in attendance for the game tonight.
They’re asking everyone to be in their seats by 6:30pm ET tonight and the first pitch is schedule for 7:35pm ET.
Aaron will be throwing out the first pitch tonight, there will be a ceremonial flyover by The United States Navy with four F/A-18A+ Hornets and Timothy Miller will perform “God Bless America” during the 7th inning stretch. Make sure you bring your cameras and have them ready for all these activities!!
"SunTrust Park gates open three hours early on opening weekend (Fri-Sun).Friday, April 14 at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, April 15 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 16 at 10:30 a.m.Fans can pick up pre-purchased tickets at the SunTrust Park ticket windows starting at 9:30 a.m. Ticketing windows will remain open until the end of the sixth inning."