Fancy new stadiums are exciting, and usually lead to a more comfortable gameday experience for fans, but they almost always come at a cost. For the Atlanta Braves, that cost could have been very high, in terms of historical value.
We’re not talking cost in terms of dollars and cents, but to get something new, the old almost always becomes a liability. To get SunTrust Park, Turner Field had to be left vacant, and to get Turner Field, old Fulton County Stadium was eventually imploded. The house that Hank built crumbled to the ground and was hauled off in piles.