tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post5180629772264659627..comments2024-03-28T18:00:36.780-04:00Comments on Tomorrow's News Today - Atlanta: [ACTION!] Battery Atlanta Secures Lease With Premium Theater Operator Silverspot Atlantan99http://www.blogger.com/profile/06115362060612910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-6008592738181861532018-04-16T11:41:22.794-04:002018-04-16T11:41:22.794-04:00$400 million? I don't think that's true. ...$400 million? I don't think that's true. In fact, I know it's not.<br />And did you really think all those hotel taxes were headed to fund libraries? (They never were - they are prohibited by law from going there). So exactly zero dollars were diverted from Cobb libraries to the Braves. <br /><br />Personally, I still like the physical paper books, but I think I'm in the minority on that one. People are all moving to electronic books. I'm afraid libraries are becoming obsolete.skigator93https://www.blogger.com/profile/06241601380923832570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-46450455583046646412018-04-14T09:23:51.341-04:002018-04-14T09:23:51.341-04:00@Ham
Yea Cobb Co stepped up alright....to the poi...@Ham<br /><br />Yea Cobb Co stepped up alright....to the point of giving a business 400 million dollars of taxpayer money, shut down county libraries, and raised property taxes to cover a budget shortfall. The Turner Field land is drastically changing by Georgia State for the better.....Greenwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416297409202421901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-75015786512158995552018-04-13T14:45:58.904-04:002018-04-13T14:45:58.904-04:00@Ham - yep, that's part of the greed that I wa...@Ham - yep, that's part of the greed that I was referring to!<br />Atlanta Magazine ran a great piece about the old site and why they could never develop it into what the Battery appears to be turning into.<br />http://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/turner-field-development/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-55528883537449199882018-04-13T09:19:11.510-04:002018-04-13T09:19:11.510-04:00I still think it sad that Atlanta would not work w...I still think it sad that Atlanta would not work with the Braves Organization and develop something similar in the old location. It seems like it would have been a plus for the area south of I-20 and the old location was more centrally located for the metro are as a whole. However, Atlanta dropped the ball and Cobb stepped up, so good for them. Hamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-21891308789620907622018-04-13T08:52:30.688-04:002018-04-13T08:52:30.688-04:00Never been to that brand theater, but the post sta...Never been to that brand theater, but the post states that they show the smaller films in addition to the big box office movies, not in lieu of them. All this could have been done downtown, but greed always got in the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-47173407505423336292018-04-13T08:04:38.923-04:002018-04-13T08:04:38.923-04:00A theatre that charges a boat load of money only t...A theatre that charges a boat load of money only to not show big box office movies? Cobb can have that crap.Greenwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416297409202421901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-18619348368118934642018-04-13T07:55:05.548-04:002018-04-13T07:55:05.548-04:00Didn't they say to expect phase 2 soon? I thin...Didn't they say to expect phase 2 soon? I think Xfinity store was a waste of prime space. amyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862402959147930636noreply@blogger.com