Shaikin Live from Atlanta The next front in the war between MLB owners and players
News Source : Yahoo Entertainment
News Summary
- The entertainment district surrounding the Braves' ballpark is called The Battery.
- The Braves generated $67 million in revenue from The Battery last year.
- This, according to major league officials, is the template for the modern team.
- Imagine what the Dodgers could build, and how much revenue they could generate, on property twice as large as the Angel Stadium site.“If we had made a deal 10 years ago to share 50-50, you would’ve made $2.5 billion more than you made,” Rob Manfred said he has told players.
In 2021, Times columnist Bill Plaschke incurred the wrath of Atlanta by blaspheming the entertainment district surrounding the Braves ballpark as a sterile shopping mall. The district, called The Bat [+6281 chars]