Tag: Truist Park

The Atlanta Braves are the oldest continuously playing team in American sports and have called Atlanta home since 1966. The team has marked the 2020s with four division titles and a World Series win in 2021. As the end of the regular season approaches, here are some numbers offering a glimpse into the storied franchise.

Cobb County’s Smyrna is known as the Jonquil City—a nod to the fragrant yellow flowers that dot its landscape each spring. It has come a long way from its beginnings in the 1830s as a Methodist campground known as Ruff Siding. The arrival of the railroad in the 1840s spurred mills and factories, setting the stage for the city that exists today.

The Atlanta Braves 2026 season opener comes with an array of firsts. The game represents the first with Walt Weiss as the new manager, plus a bunch of new stadium features and upgrades for fans, including early entry for Delta SkyMiles members, new food items and outposts of Atlanta restaurants, and a 60th anniversary history exhibition. Here's what to expect.

The MLB All-Star Game: a once meaningful, now aimless whirlwind, which cities nevertheless still clamor to host. The Midsummer Classic has been played in Atlanta three times. It was almost four: In 2021 the Georgia General Assembly passed the controversial Election Integrity Act that placed heavy restrictions on voting access. In protest, MLB moved that year’s edition to Denver. Four years later, the Election Integrity Act remains in place, but MLB has brought the All-Star Game back to Atlanta.

Jersey Boys plays in Sandy Springs, free movies at the Tara, and more fun things to do this week.

50 high school baseball players of Native American descent, representing 23 tribes from 16 states across the U.S. and Canada, participated in the third-annual Native American All-Star Baseball Showcase at Truist Park. The players went through pro-style workouts with former Braves players as their coaches and talked to MLB and college scouts. On Sunday, they played a showcase game against one another, with many family members of the players attending and cheering for both teams.

On Friday, the Atlanta Braves opened up their Truist Park account with their first home game of the year. The game itself is just one of 162 and in the win-loss column, the result has little impact on the outcome of the season. But the experience for Braves’ fans matters more than any other regular season game in the year. 

Truist Park: The home of the Braves is an enigma. It’s an artificial mecca of baseball that displaced Turner Field to the chagrin of many, but now draws some of the best crowds in baseball. The stadium itself is a beauty, with faux red brick that creates an old-school ballpark feel in a sea of corporate office parks. Let’s leave behind its contradictions for a moment to focus on Truist Park and the great baseball played there since 2017.

Consider this your guide to having the best Braves game day meal ever. Here's where to eat at the Battery before the game (whether you have a lot or very little time), what to get inside Truist Park, and where to keep the party going after the game, plus tips for parking and pregame entertainment.

With its northwest location near Buckhead, the Battery Atlanta, and the Silver Comet Trail, Vinings feels both intown-ish and suburban, a combination that attracts people young and old to its leafy neighborhoods. The Chattahoochee River provides one boundary, while I-285 and I-75 provide others.