In 1996, Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics. The main track and field stadium was built with the intention of becoming a baseball stadium, and the Braves moved in in 1997. By 2016, the stadium was the 15th oldest in baseball, and yet the Braves had decided to move. Welcome to SunTrust Park in the suburbs!
That is one of the most notable features of SunTrust Park. After nearly three decades of new stadiums trying to embrace urban cores (and an Oakland team that is throwing out perfectly good stadium locations just because they aren’t “Urban”), the Braves bucked that trend.