Baseball is famously a game of numbers. So here’s a look at the Braves’ new home, SunTrust Park, by the numbers:
1,114,400
The size of SunTrust Park in square feet, about 400,000 less than Turner Field
41,149
Seats, down from 49,586 at Turner Field
5,619,783
Man-hours worked on construction of the stadium
602,000
Hand-set bricks used
7
Miles of handrails installed
6,800
Tons of structural steel used
57,312
Cubic yards of concrete poured
4,773
Total concrete truck deliveries
7,744
Square feet of the main video board, which is 121 feet wide and 64 feet tall
1,300
Panasonic televisions placed throughout the stadium
24,000
Truck loads of dirt and rock removed from the site at the start of construction
11,133
Gallons of water in the upper and lower pools in the center-field water feature
50
Feet into the air that four water cannons shoot 2.8 gallons of water after Braves home runs, victories and other big moments
82
Width, in feet at its widest point, of the canopy at the top of the stadium
16
Height, in feet, of the right-field wall, compared with wall heights of six feet in the left-field corner and eight feet, eight inches in center field
42
Suites, including six party suites overlooking the right-field corner
150
Length, in feet, of the zip line in the “Hope & Will’s Sandlot” kids area
28
Height, in feet, of the climbing tower in Hope & Will’s Sandlot
Sources: American Builders 2017, Braves
