Fall 2011: The Braves hold preliminary discussions with then-Atlanta Chief Operating Officer Peter Aman over renewing the team's lease at Turner Field, future development around the stadium and funding concerns.
June 2012: Atlanta begins formal negotiations with the team.
January 2013: The Braves inform the city of their desire for the city to assume control of Turner Field, instead of the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority, with which the team had clashed over maintenance issues.
March 20: Braves executive vice president Mike Plant sends note to Deputy Chief Operating Officer Hans Utz expressing that the team is "not feeling real good about how we are being passed around." Utz relays the message in a memo to city leaders.
April 17: Mayor Kasim Reed meets with Plant and Braves CEO Terry McGuirk, who want to discuss stadium issues and ask for the land around the stadium. City officials say the land must be sold through a competitive bidding process. The Braves decline. Parties turn their sights toward crafting a redevelopment proposal.
May: Utz gives the Braves a counteroffer for how to pursue redevelopment, listing three paths for moving forward.
July: Utz and Chief Operating Officer Duriya Farooqui meet with Plant to discuss the project, expecting the Braves to have selected one of the three paths. They clash again over the Braves' desire to control the redevelopment bidding process.
Braves officials hold their first discussions with Cobb Chairman Tim Lee, who then secretly recruits attorney Dan McRae to begin negotiations with the team. Lee bypasses the county attorney’s office and McRae begins work without signing a contract.
August-October: City officials, the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority and the Braves negotiate improvements to sewer drainage problems at Turner Field. By now, Braves and Cobb officials have developed five proposed budgets for a new Braves stadium.
September: The Braves give the city a 16-point proposal outlining desires for lease renewals and redevelopment. The team has indicated its desire to help craft the request for proposal and select a developer.
Oct. 14: Braves attorney Greg Heller sends McRae the first draft of a proposed Memorandum of Understanding, which outlines the parameters of the stadium deal in Cobb County.
Oct. 21-Nov. 10: Four revised drafts of the MOU are passed between Heller and McRae; Cobb County Attorney Deborah Dance and commissioners are notified of the Braves negotiations just days before the public announcement.
Nov. 5: Reed is re-elected to a second term as mayor.
Nov. 6: Plant sends Reed a text message asking for a meeting.
Nov. 7: Braves leaders inform Reed of their plan to relocate the team to Cobb County in 2017.
Nov. 11: The Braves announce their move to the public.
Nov. 14: McRae's firm, Seyfarth Shaw, is added to the draft MOU as bond and project counsel for the county.
Nov. 16: The Cobb County attorney removes Seyfarth Shaw references from the draft.
Nov. 12-25: At least 24 revised drafts of the MOU are circulated among lawyers, county and Braves officials.
Nov. 26: The Cobb County Commission ratifies the MOU by a 4-1 vote.
Sources: Documents obtained by the AJC from Cobb and Atlanta; AJC reporting
