Three non-binding Turner Field proposals were shown on Sunday, the results of interviews with people who live in neighborhoods near the Braves home.
The proposals weren’t underwritten by Georgia State, Carter and Oakwood Devolpment, the main partners in the possible purchase of Turner Field and the surrounding acreage. The proposals were put forth by the Atlanta Regional Commission Livable Centers Initiative from a study using community input for what its members want for the Turner Field area.
What wasn’t a surprise was that all three proposals included a football stadium on the footprint of the Braves home. Retrofitting the ballpark into a football stadium was part of the original proposal put forth by the university and its partners.
What was a surprise is where the the university's baseball stadium might be. The original plan, first shared with the AJC two years ago, called for a college baseball stadium to be constructed on the footprint of the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, and include the Hank Aaron Wall.
But the residents have different ideas.
The first proposal, called Ballpark Plaza, has the college baseball stadium on the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium footprint.
The second proposal, called Big Park, pushes the baseball stadium onto land where the Department of Transportation has an office. That land isn't part of what Georgia State and its partners are negotiating with Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority to purchase.
The third proposal, Neighborhood Squares, moves the baseball stadium between the footprint of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and the college football stadium. It includes a park monument to Aaron.
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